"In probing misogyny's legacy and the uneasy intimacies among women, Christensen delivers a bracing meditation on trust, aging, and the wreckage violent men leave in their wake." ⎯ Library Journal (starred review)

"Christensen executes a ninja takedown of toxic literary hypocrisy and an evisceration of the endless damage wrought by misogyny and sexual predation and violence." ⎯ Booklist

"Christensen's adeptness at character development and psychological analysis shines . . . . An astute addition to a decade of discussions about consent and predation." ⎯ Kirkus Reviews

"Nuanced . . . . Julia's complex characterization will stay with readers." ⎯ Publishers Weekly

"Kate Christensen eloquently deconstructs female desire and ambition and the ways in which those twin drives can be manipulated by men and women alike. The result is a novel that is emotionally raw, bracingly honest, and filled with compassion." ⎯ Marisa Silver, author of At Last

"This is a memoir disguised as a novel, starring a protagonist who has written a memoir--a super-sharp postmodern experiment in memory and narrative subjectivity. It is Kate Christensen's best novel yet, a wonder and a triumph!" ⎯ Jessica Anthony, author of The Most

"In this uproarious, disturbing, compelling, masterful novel of (shitty) manners, we're rooting for Julia as she comes awake, takes charge, takes prisoners. And boys, hell hath no fury! At last, good company has a price." ⎯ Bill Roorbach, author of Lucky Turtle, Life Among Giants, and Beep

"Our shelves could use more women like Rachel and Sam as a counterpoint to men in midlife who've dominated fiction for decades. . . . It's exhilarating to read an uninhibited female character who is rife with contradictions. . . . Christensen also does a skillful job of animating difficult family relationships while avoiding a conventional arc of forgiveness. . . . In the end, it is surprising to see where Rachel meets herself." - New York Times on Welcome Home, Stranger

"A deeply endearing story about confronting one's past and constructing a new future--under extreme duress. . . . Welcome Home, Stranger . . . arrives at the most lovely ending of a novel I've read all year." - Washington Post on Welcome Home, Stranger

"Kate Christensen's new novel, Welcome Home, Stranger, is a revelation, offering characters as real as your family and friends, a rich, vividly drawn setting, grab-you-by-the-throat drama and always, lurking in the shadows, a fierce authorial intelligence. What more could you ask?" - Richard Russo, author of Somebody's Fool, on Welcome Home, Stranger

"To the great literature of going home again we can now add Kate Christensen's superb new novel Welcome Home, Stranger, a triumph of intelligence and wit (which will surprise none of her many fans). The prodigal here is a brilliant journalist grieving the loss of a very difficult mother while attempting peace with those she left behind: a resentful sister and an ex-lover who can be neither trusted nor forgotten. A spellbinding book from one of our best chroniclers of the very American struggle to strive for excellence while still living in community with others." - Ann Packer, author of The Children's Crusade, on Welcome Home, Stranger

"A fantastic study in loss--the grief kind and the yearning too, oh my god the yearning! Plus menopause. Plus Portland, Maine. I loved it." - Catherine Newman, author of We All Want Impossible Things, on Welcome Home, Stranger