Synopsis: A back-sliding atheist journeys through Japanese hostess bars in search of her estranged husband Gottlieb.
Praise for Smoking Hopes
“Alexander’s subtly threaded explorations of love and hope, her sensuous, distilled prose and her incisive wit make this a sophisticated, resonant debut.” –Publishers Weekly
“A dark comedy with cunning observations.” –The Dallas Morning News
“A stunning first novel.” –San Antonio Express-News
Biographical articles –New York Post
“A solid, moving and funny work.” –The Met (Cover Story)
“Introspective and intellectual.” –Paper Magazine
“”Few narrators … have been presented with such uncompromising honesty, such deep and deliberate introspection.” –The Dallas Morning News
“A wonderful read.” — Pif Magazine
Published by The Permanent Press.
Winner, Washington Prize for Fiction.
