Reviews & Interviews
May We Be Forgiven
The Sydney Morning Herald
December 2012
Reviewed by Peter Craven
May We Be Forgiven
The Big Issue
November 2012
AM Homes: The Dark Heart of American Life
May We Be Forgiven
The National
November 2012
AM Homes's strange novel reflects Nixon's downfall
By Hannah Forbes Black
May We Be Forgiven
The Jewish Chronicle
November 2012
Francesca Segal interviews A M Homes, author of the darkly comic novel, 'May We Be Forgiven'
By Francesca Segal
May We Be Forgiven
The Age
November 2012
Life's big plot twist
By Samantha Selinger-morris
May We Be Forgiven
The Independent
November 2012
By John Freeman
May We Be Forgiven
The New York Times
November 2012
Man of the House
By Garth Risk Hallberg
May We Be Forgiven
The Irish Times
October 2012
If this is suburban life, God help America
By Eileen Battersby
May We Be Forgiven
New Statesman
October 2012
AM Homes has written a kinder, gentler sort of satire
By Sarah Churchwell
May We Be Forgiven
The Forward
October 2012
A.M. Homes' Novel Addresses '70s Childhood
By Jennifer Gilmore
May We Be Forgiven
The Guardian
October 2012
Family life is a bizarre picaresque in AM Homes's new novel
By Theo Tait
May We Be Forgiven
The Sunday Times
October 2012
By Lucy Atkins
May We Be Forgiven
Sunday Herald
October 2012
Why AM Homes is attached to her novel friends
By Jackie McGlone
May We Be Forgiven
The Observer
October 2012
By Viv Groskop
May We Be Forgiven
The Financial Times
October 2012
Days of their lives
A compelling tale of adultery, murder and internet dating with a soap opera plot
By Emiy Stokes
May We Be Forgiven
The Scotsman
October 2012
By Stuart Kelly
May We Be Forgiven
The Boston Globe
October 2012
By Eugenia Williamson
May We Be Forgiven
The Guardian
October 2012
Admirers of Jonathan Franzen or Siri Hustvedt will love AM Homes's masterful dissection of modern American life
By Viv Groskop
May We Be Forgiven
NPR
October 2012
'May We Be Forgiven': A Story of Second Chances
By Maureen Corrigan
May We Be Forgiven
The Telegraph
October 2012
The acclaimed novelist AM Homes talks about her latest dark satire of 21st-century America
By Richard Grant
May We Be Forgiven
The Telegraph
October 2012
AM Homes's 'May We be Forgiven' is a gloriously eccentric novel of the tarnished American dream
By Tim Auld
May We Be Forgiven
Cleveland.com
October 2012
By John Freeman
May We Be Forgiven
BBC Radio
October 2012
Saturday Review
By Tom Sutcliffe, Deborah Moggach, James Runcie and Deborah Bull
May We Be Forgiven
Elle Magazine
Oh, Brother
A sick sibling bond drives A. M. Homes’ antic take on postmodern life (and how we might be redeemed from it).
By Kate Christensen
May We Be Forgiven
O Magazine
October 2012
A Family Affair
Adultery, homicide- and then life really gets complicated.
By Leigh Newman
May We Be Forgiven
The Daily Beast
September 2012
A.M. Homes on Her New Novel 'May We Be Forgiven'
By Jane Ciabattari
May We Be Forgiven
NPR
September 2012
By Michael Schnaub
May We Be Forgiven
The Harvard Crimson
September 2012
Suburban Melodrama, Hope in ‘Forgiven’
By Jihyun Ro
The Mistress's Daughter
NPR/All Things Considered
Interview
'Mistress's Daughter' Tells of Unfulfilled Promises.
The Mistress's Daughter
KQED-FM/Forum with Michael Krasny
Interview
The program talks with author A.M. Homes about her latest novel.
The Mistress's Daughter
Washington Post
Interview
April 16, 2007
Moms de Plume
A.M. Homes, Writing in the Shadows of the Family Tree. By Bob Thompson
The Mistress's Daughter
Macleans / Canada
Interview
April 9, 2007
The novelist talks about the birth father who twice rejected her and the birth mother who wouldn't go away. By Kate Fillion
The Mistress's Daughter
San Francisco Chronicle
April 2007
Novelist sears birth parents in memoir
By N. Heller McAlpin
The Mistress's Daughter
Atlanta Journal Constitution
April 2007
Family drama plays out in unconventional fashion.
By John Freeman
The Mistress's Daughter
NPR/Fresh Air: Audio Link
April 2007
A Novelist's Memoir: 'Mistress's Daughter'
By Maureen Corrigan
The Mistress's Daughter
New York Magazine
Interview
April 1, 2007
Vomiting—Cathartic or Not?
A new memoir from novelist A.M. Homes, who doesn't much care for memoirs.
This Book Will Save Your Life
The Seattle Times
April 2006
"This Book Will Save Your Life": A wake-up call to life's possibilities
By Mark Lindquist
This Book Will Save Your Life
Bookforum
The End of Malice
A.M Homes Discovers the Best of All Worlds in LA
By Darcy Cosper
Things You Should Know
The Irish Times
June 2004
Darkness on the edge of town
By Eileen Battersby
Things You Should Know
Elle Magazine
September 2002
Bulletins from the Home Front
Three fascinating fictions go to the heart of the new family.
By Cathleen Medwick
Things You Should Know
Granta
April 2002
Familiar Feelings Undermined In Tales of the Unexpected
By Toni Davidson
Things You Should Know
Washington Post
Imagine the Pain of the Reagans's Lives
By Linton Weeks
Music For Torching
The Commercial Appeal Review
May 1999
Homes cuts to the quick of what's wrong in suburbia
By Fredric Koeppel
The End of Alice
Times Literary Supplement
October 1997
Surprise, Surprise
By Margot Livesey
The End of Alice
New York Times
March 1996
Random Objects of Desire
A dark and violent novel, narrated from the lower depths by a jailed psychopath.
By Daphn Merkin
In a Country of Mothers
San Francisco Chronicle
August 1993
Session Confessions
By Naomi Schneider
In a Country of Mothers
The Houston Post
May 1993
For Mother's Day, Deep Affection and Dark Obsession
By Lisa Bass
In a Country of Mothers
Newsday
May 1993
Paying a High Price For Rocking the Cradle
By Vince Passaro
In a Country of Mothers
Washington Post
Tug-of-War Of Love And Need
By Leigh Allison Wilson
The Safety of Objects
Washington Post
September 1990
The Dark Danger In 'Safety'
By Margaret Camp