“Candid and poignant, filled with joy and humor, sex and heartbreak.”—USA Today
“Magnificent . . . A Ticket to the Circus makes the reader fall in love with the brave and beautiful woman Norman Mailer could not live without.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin
“[A] blazingly alive memoir . . . Norris Church Mailer proves herself every bit as fascinating as her illustrious mate. . . . ‘I’ll never write about you. Nobody would believe it,’ Norris often told him. You’ll be glad she did.” —People (four stars)
“Entertaining . . . These two lived large, sun-drenched lives in almost every regard.”—The New York Times
“If you want to be both edified and amused, you really can’t do better than A Ticket to the Circus.”—The Washington Post
“Vivid, candid, compelling . . . I just couldn’t put it down until I came to the final page.”—Liz Smith, Wowowow.com
“[A] funny, generous, shockingly forthright memoir.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“A wild ride . . . full of wonder and heartbreak.” —The Miami Herald
