"Unabashedly warm-hearted and fun, THE SWEET SPOT serves up a fresh story about the chaos of family, flavored with classic components of the most entertaining dramedies: a charming New York setting, endearing core characters, and a hilarious supporting cast that often steals the show. Irresistible!"--Mary Laura Philpott, author of BOMB SHELTER: LOVE, TIME, and OTHER EXPLOSIVES
"THE SWEET SPOT is an absolute delight. With its quirky characters, humor, and lovely writing, it is my favorite book of late. Amy Poeppel has the freshest, funniest voice around."--Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of SISTER STARDUST
"What a big-hearted charmer this delightful book is! What a refuge the brilliant and talented Aston family and their circle of eccentric friends have created! THE SWEET SPOT is exactly the kind of novel I love the best and am always on the lookout for. Pure joy!"--Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
"THE SWEET SPOT is warm, witty, and big-hearted. I loved spending time in a Waverly Place brownstone with Lauren, a ceramic artist, and the women and men in her orbit as they each wrestled with work, family, and the price of love."--Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of THE LIFEGUARDS
"THE SWEET SPOT sparkles with Amy Poeppel's signature wit and warmth. This genuinely uproarious novel celebrates families - born and made - in all their messy glory. It's so much fun, you'll wish you could pull up a chair at the kitchen table and stay forever. (Though you might need to remove a feral gerbil from that chair first.)"--Laura Hankin, author of A SPECIAL PLACE FOR WOMEN
"If Leo Tolstoy and David Sedaris ever had a chance to get together to write a novel, they might have come up with THE SWEET SPOT. It is at once intricate and laugh-out-loud funny, with characters who are drawn with such attention to detail that they feel like old friends. Filled with hope and redemption, I think it's safe to say that THE SWEET SPOT is a masterpiece."--Annabel Monaghan, author of NORA GOES OFF SCRIPT
"Amy Poeppel has written a generous, funny, big-hearted book, and she's pulled off a miracle while doing it: she's brought us characters that feel absolutely real, with their flaws, their pesky human foibles, and their undying need for each other. THE SWEET SPOT is a story of love and family, filled with complications, twists and turns, brilliant art, delightful children, fantastic old people, and Greenwich Village. I couldn't put this book down, even for sleep. Even for tea! And now I want to read it all over again."--Maddie Dawson, Washington Post bestselling author of MATCHMAKING FOR BEGINNERS
"With sly humor and sharp understanding, Amy Poeppel hits The Sweet Spot in this funny, twisty, goodhearted novel about families lost, found, and made."-- "Virginia Kantra, New York Times bestselling author of MEG & JO and BETH & AMY "
"The versatile and gifted Amy Poeppel has written a love letter to family, friendship and Greenwich Village. When baby Horatio arrives unexpectedly, Lauren, Melinda and Olivia who have little in common, unite to care for him, redefining the notion of community and the meaning of family. The twists and turns will delight readers. A smart, crisp, funny page turner. Book clubs will rejoice!"--Adriana Trigiani, author of THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE
"Absolutely hilarious . . . THE SWEET SPOT is a celebration of the ways we find community when we need it most."-- "Real Simple"