BLURBS

"Sara Lippmann is the sort of writer who can drop you with a line. Of a guy wearing a baby in a harness, she writes, 'He yanks on the baby's stubby toes like he is milking it.' I'd read a hell of a lot of pages to find a sentence that practically nails an entire generation. Good news is this book has such lines on every page. Lippmann is a fearless writer, and these are concise and deadly stories."  — Peter Orner, author of Maggie Brown & Others

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"Sara Lippmann’s stories are visceral and gripping, venturing into dark places with sharp wit and a gimlet eye. A lot of them gave me bad dreams, and I mean that in a good way. This is a memorable debut collection." — Alix Ohlin, author of Dual Citizens

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"Sara Lippmann’s Doll Palace is a sexy, sad and fearless collection full of humor, pathos and compassion. Her scalpel-sharp stories are raw emotional gems, blinding in their precision. She understands the pumping highways and byways of the human heart like a seasoned traveler."  — Jonathan Papernick, author of The Ascent of Eli Israel, There is No Other and The Book of Stone

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"Sara Lippmann’s prose is unflinching. Her female characters see motherhood, womanhood and self-hood through a raw and funny lens: I am about to cry, when I laugh. Terribly wonderful and exciting work!"  — Rachel Sherman, author of Living Room and The First Hurt

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REVIEWS

"Lippmann's debut is a terrific collection of short stories that mostly take place in or around New York....These stories clearly reveal Lippmann's talent, and indicate a bright future ahead." ― Publishers Weekly

 

"Smart and technically accomplished fiction." ― Kirkus Reviews

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"Lippmann’s stories are well-crafted and tight, some so short they might qualify as micro-fiction. Lippmann’s voice is distinctive for her sparse and straightforward style, which ties together a collection with a roving cast of characters...All of the stories are propelled by a forward momentum, and the stories are more likely to end on an action, rather than a image, or a moment of contemplation." Bustle Magazine

 

"The narratives here are vividly framed and spiked with surprising moments of wisdom." - Brown Alumni Magazine

 

"The stories found in Sara Lippmann‘s collection Doll Palace are concise and dizzying, showcasing memorably wrenching scenes from numerous lives in the span of a few pages." - Tobias Carroll, Vol. 1 Brooklyn

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"Lippmann is a rare phenomenon... Doll Palace is woven so skillfully that the movements from one room to the next, one character’s inner dialogue to the next is fluid and non-linear like memory." - Meg Tuite at Entropy

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"[Lippmann] is both unpredictable and exciting, and succeeds in building believable characters through a perspective that feels unique. " - The Masters Review

 

“Lippmann is one of those authors who can get away with both seriousness and hilarity in the same sentence.” — Leesa Cross-Smith at Sun Dog Lit

 

“[Lippmann’s] stories lead us to perfect endings, often ominous and not quite clear endings that made me re-read the last page. Even the re-read was a pleasure.” —Christy Crutchfield at Small Press Book Review

 

"Doll Palace is a widely varied collection whose variations do not fail to intrigue." — Robert Long Foreman at Monkeybicycle 

 

"Lippmann’s prose is a stellar example of contemporary realism." 
— Christopher Allen at Necessary Fiction 

 

"Every story in Sara Lippmann’s debut collection, Doll Palace, is a finely crafted, stark distillation of a different kind of loss, loneliness, or alienation." — Jody Hobbs Hesler at PANK

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"The accomplished prose, the haunting atmosphere and the emotional accuracy invite the reader to re-read this collection, and reflect on its stories."— Ofi Press Magazine

 

"23 stories told with an incredibly strong and unique voice." - Alternating Current

 

"Lippmann’s ability to wring genuine surprise from the reader is her greatest gift." — The Next Best Book Blog​​

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