"A warm, generous, and sharp reflection on a lifetime of daring to resist the boxes that seek to contain us. Radiating with both defiance and tenderness, this book is a delight." --Janika Oza, best-selling author of A History of Burning "Speaking as a fellow oddball, I think that this is the best book about coming to terms with your differences from the norm (especially for women), that I've read. It's insightful, honest, and adept. Definitely, one of a kind." --Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley "Riveting and vulnerable . this is the story of a woman who desired--who indeed had no choice--but to be big and beautiful " --Meghan Bell, author of Erase and Rewind "Shot through with light, this book is an original treasure. Susan Swan delivers a portrait of becoming and belonging.

By escaping the boxes she was cast into, Swan redefines what a life and a body can hold." --Claudia Dey, author of Daughter "In Big Girls Don't Cry , Susan Swan's deliciously unconventional and snappily readable memoir, one of Canada's best (and tallest) novelists trains her keen gaze upwards--at the astonishing ways her unconventional height has shaped everything from her relationships to her writing. A rewarding book for anyone who has been an outsider, forced to see themselves as they are--only to better understand the manageable scale of the world around them." --Ian Brown, author of Sixty "[Swan's writing offers] not only an enjoyable read, but also the chance to think and reflect on the vast complex living entity that is the world." --Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk "An exuberant meditation on feminism, sex, friendship, motherhood and writing. And learning to stand tall." --Susan Coyne " Big Girls Don't Cry --by turns hilarious, defiant, and tender--is the indelible portrait of both an exhilarating era in the arts in North America and an inspiring feminist writer's fierce, rich life. I devoured it.

" --Claire Messud, author of The Emperor's Children.