"Gleeson's personal stories of pain, illness and death are unforgettable...Her experiences are rendered vividly and with an admirable lack of self-pity...Gleeson has an eye for telling detail." -- New York Times Book Review

"Gleeson is an eloquent storyteller, and the stories are held in delicate balance with the analysis of her world." -- The Guardian

"An eloquent collection of essays on health, parenthood and the brutality of being a woman inhabiting a body." -- Harper's Bazaar

"This stirring collection of personal essays from Irish radio broadcaster Gleeson effortlessly renders pain, both physical and emotional, into prose...While 'in illness it is hard to find the right words, ' Gleeson's strong work shows it is worth the effort to search for them." -- Publishers Weekly

"Gleeson writes about pain with an absorbing intensity...Constellations will make you think differently about the body in all its weaknesses and feel grateful to the artists and writers who, like Gleeson, have transfigured their suffering into a sacred creative release. Though Gleeson is skeptical of heaven, she finds solace in the stars and their many constellations. In this book, she offers a unique map of her own constellations, one that has clearly helped her find her way when navigating a wide and painful world." -- BookPage