The Reasons I Won't Be Coming

Praise

“Invigorating stories…enlived by Perlman’s intelligence, verbal engergy, and mischevious wit.” – Entertainment Weekly
“By turns hilarious and heartbreaking…Stunning…Brilliant.” – Newsday
“Fans of Perlman’s grapplings with both the minutiae and the sweeping ‘big questions’ of modern life won’t be disappointed.” – Elle
“Perlman writes fiction with muscle.” – People
“The nine tales here don’t just suggest an emerging voice, they show it well developed, stretching and flexing…Marvelously realized, evocative and utterly original.” – New York Post