The Uncoupling

The Uncoupling is wittily done, with an attention to the minutiae of lives worthy of John Updike

Christina Koning, The Times

A novel that tingles with playfulness and wicked observation

Independent

Delightful and heartbreaking

David Baddiel, The Times

Endearing light comedy

Carla McKay, Daily Mail

Her prose is elegant and her humour nicely pitched

David Evans, Independent on Sunday

Her writing is effortlessly readable

Lucy Scholes, Sunday Times

Highly entertaining and a serious page-turner. Wolitzer's humour and language create a compelling read

Aesthetica

Reminiscent of early Margaret Atwood, this is the poignant story of a spell that compels the women in a suburban town to refuse sex with their men

Sunday Telegraph

There are lots of sharp insights on the generation gap, the pseudo-intimacy generated by the internet, and American high-school life; Wolitzer displays perfect comic timing in her awkward chats between jocular teachers and mortified teens

Guardian

There aren’t many writers who manage to handle bedroom scenes as blithely as comic novelist Meg Wolitzer… In a novel that tingles with playfulness and laugh-out-loud observation, she poses questions about long-term intimacy and the death of desire

Emma Hagestadt, Independent

This is a gentle novel about gentle things...a delight to read

Hermione Hoby, Observer

Thoughtful and touching, The Uncoupling is also very funny

Jincy Willett, Scotsman