From the Publisher
Inspiring... Matthew Quick has a way with wounded characters.” — Boston Globe
“Mr. Quick excels at writing what he knows, and making readers feel intimately connected to his characters. Love May Fail also reflects his mastery of devising humorous dialogue, interlaced with rabid vulgarity.” — Wall Street Journal
“[One of] the seven books you have to read this summer” — Marie Claire
“Ultimate summer reading.” — Good Housekeeping
“A well-told tale of how, through will or force, even the most broken people can sometimes be repaired…. Enjoyable, cinematic.” — Philadelphia Inquirer
“Quick nails it again with his quirky-but-damaged characters and gritty real-life stories—but this time, it’s an ex-wife of a cheating pornographer, her hoarder of a mother, and her former high school English teacher both moving and delighting us.” — Glamour.com
“An offbeat odyssey and a really fun end-of-summer ride.” — Parade
“There’s always reason to hope in [Quick’s] novels…A lovely, entertaining book.” — New York Daily News
“I couldn’t put it down.” — Pittsburg Post-Gazette
“Instead of breaking your heart, Quick steals it, strengthens it and gives it back….a fine writer with a gift similar to that of fellow American novelist John Irving—creating quirky, flawed but ultimately lovable and deeply human main characters.” — Winnipeg Free Press
“Great, heart-wrenching…[one of] the best mainstream books of the month…this tale of love and loss still makes us want to buy stock in the Kleenex company.” — RT Book Reviews
“Quick specializes in offbeat characters who’ve been knocked down but won’t stay down….Both irreverent and inspiring, this unique read belongs in every beach bag.” — Nashville Arts
“Charming.” — Costal Living
“The turn of a few pages is all it took for me to fall in love with Matthew Quick’s latest homage to the subtleties of joy…a madly quirky, utterly lovely world.” — Roanoke Times
“Capra-esque…engaging.” — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“A funny and poignant family drama…great summer read.” — News & Observer (NC)
“Brilliant…compulsively readable…a plot that keeps you guessing…wholly transporting…Quick has a uniquely rewarding voice and one that, for his native Philadelphia, is creating a space in contemporary fiction all of its own.” — GQ (UK)
“Complex and thought-provoking American comedy about love and the meaning of life.” — Daily Mail (UK)
“Alive with humanity, empathy and wit…a beautifully readable novel by a writer of power and insight.” — Coast (NZ)
“Listeners will be exhilarated by this loving tribute to teachers, writers, and literature.” — AudioFile
“Funny, fierce and heartfelt.” — Satellite Sisters
“An easy, enjoyable, and thoughtful read with laughs and tears along the way. Quick’s devotees won’t be disappointed.” — Library Journal
“Quick, an ex-teacher, nails the symbiotic student-teacher relationship, with all of its attendant baggage, squarely on the head in this engaging slice-of-life dramedy with definite big-screen potential.” — Booklist
“Darkly funny.... readers will be engrossed.” — Publishers Weekly
Parade
An offbeat odyssey and a really fun end-of-summer ride.
Good Housekeeping
Ultimate summer reading.
Glamour.com
Quick nails it again with his quirky-but-damaged characters and gritty real-life stories—but this time, it’s an ex-wife of a cheating pornographer, her hoarder of a mother, and her former high school English teacher both moving and delighting us.
New York Daily News
There’s always reason to hope in [Quick’s] novels…A lovely, entertaining book.
Boston Globe
Inspiring... Matthew Quick has a way with wounded characters.
Philadelphia Inquirer
A well-told tale of how, through will or force, even the most broken people can sometimes be repaired…. Enjoyable, cinematic.
Marie Claire
[One of] the seven books you have to read this summer
Winnipeg Free Press
Instead of breaking your heart, Quick steals it, strengthens it and gives it back….a fine writer with a gift similar to that of fellow American novelist John Irving—creating quirky, flawed but ultimately lovable and deeply human main characters.
Pittsburg Post-Gazette
I couldn’t put it down.
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Quick excels at writing what he knows, and making readers feel intimately connected to his characters. Love May Fail also reflects his mastery of devising humorous dialogue, interlaced with rabid vulgarity.
Satellite Sisters
Funny, fierce and heartfelt.
News & Observer (NC)
A funny and poignant family drama…great summer read.
Coast (NZ)
Alive with humanity, empathy and wit…a beautifully readable novel by a writer of power and insight.
Booklist
Quick, an ex-teacher, nails the symbiotic student-teacher relationship, with all of its attendant baggage, squarely on the head in this engaging slice-of-life dramedy with definite big-screen potential.
Nashville Arts
Quick specializes in offbeat characters who’ve been knocked down but won’t stay down….Both irreverent and inspiring, this unique read belongs in every beach bag.
GQ (UK)
Brilliant…compulsively readable…a plot that keeps you guessing…wholly transporting…Quick has a uniquely rewarding voice and one that, for his native Philadelphia, is creating a space in contemporary fiction all of its own.
Roanoke Times
The turn of a few pages is all it took for me to fall in love with Matthew Quick’s latest homage to the subtleties of joy…a madly quirky, utterly lovely world.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Capra-esque…engaging.
RT Book Reviews
Great, heart-wrenching…[one of] the best mainstream books of the month…this tale of love and loss still makes us want to buy stock in the Kleenex company.
Daily Mail (UK)
Complex and thought-provoking American comedy about love and the meaning of life.
AudioFile
Listeners will be exhilarated by this loving tribute to teachers, writers, and literature.
Costal Living
Charming.
Booklist
Quick, an ex-teacher, nails the symbiotic student-teacher relationship, with all of its attendant baggage, squarely on the head in this engaging slice-of-life dramedy with definite big-screen potential.
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Quick excels at writing what he knows, and making readers feel intimately connected to his characters. Love May Fail also reflects his mastery of devising humorous dialogue, interlaced with rabid vulgarity.
New York Daily News
There’s always reason to hope in [Quick’s] novels…A lovely, entertaining book.
Library Journal
01/01/2015
Quick made his name with The Silver Linings Playbook, which has sold 600,000 copies in paperback and ebook combined and was made into an Academy Award-winning film. Last February's The Good Luck of Right Now was both a LibraryReads and an Indie Next pick and is currently in film development. So get ready for Quick's latest, in which Portia Kane flees Florida and her womanizing pornographer husband to back-in-the-past South Jersey, site of her discontented childhood. There, she hopes to help a beloved high school English teacher who's retired under a cloud. With a 75,000-copy first printing.
JUNE 2015 - AudioFile
A multicast presentation is ideal for this convoluted story and its many characters. When Portia Kane finds her husband, a porn producer, with a young actress, she decides she's had enough, despite their lavish lifestyle. Narrator Cris Dukehart skillfully presents Kane's anger and self-loathing and, finally, her determination as she seeks out her high school English teacher, the one man who's never let her down. Jim Meskimen deftly portrays the diminished Mr. Vernon, who left teaching after being attacked by a student. Kane comes alive as she helps him rediscover his love of teaching. Most entertaining is Lorna Raver as wine-loving, spirited Sister Maeve Smith, who never gives up praying for Kane and Vernon. Listeners will be exhilarated by this loving tribute to teachers, writers, and literature. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
