The Uncoupling

Delightful and heartbreaking -- David Baddiel * The Times *
Her writing is effortlessly readable -- Lucy Scholes * Sunday Times *
A novel that tingles with playfulness and wicked observation * Independent *
There are lots of sharp insights on the generation gap, the pseudo-intimacy generated by the internet, and American high-school life; Wolitzer displays perfect comic timing in her awkward chats between jocular teachers and mortified teens * Guardian *
Highly entertaining and a serious page-turner. Wolitzer's humour and language create a compelling read * Aesthetica *
The Uncoupling is wittily done, with an attention to the minutiae of lives worthy of John Updike -- Christina Koning * The Times *
There aren’t many writers who manage to handle bedroom scenes as blithely as comic novelist Meg Wolitzer… In a novel that tingles with playfulness and laugh-out-loud observation, she poses questions about long-term intimacy and the death of desire -- Emma Hagestadt * Independent *
This is a gentle novel about gentle things...a delight to read -- Hermione Hoby * Observer *
Thoughtful and touching, The Uncoupling is also very funny -- Jincy Willett * Scotsman *
Endearing light comedy -- Carla McKay * Daily Mail *