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Chicago Tribune

“She and her seven siblings were good at projecting a sense of normalcy, even when life at home was spiraling out of control.”

A woman with short gray hair sitting in a tan armchair, holding a microphone, speaking, with a book titled 'While You Were Out' on a wooden table beside her, in a room with dark walls.

North Shore native tells how she compiled family’s mental health struggles in ‘While You Were Out’ breaking the ‘we don’t talk about it’ rule, author Meg Kissinger spoke in Glenview Library’s ‘Be Well at the GPL’ series
— Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, December 26, 2024
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“The raw intimacy of her prose exemplifies the empathy our society so desperately needs.” — The New York Times

“A startling, important book.” — Los Angeles Times

“Electric." — LA Review of Books 

“Spellbinding,”—Book Page — Starred review

“Stellar, extraordinarily affecting,” Lit Hub, Starred review

“A searing debut” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review