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Book SynopsisA young woman leaves Appalachia for life as a classical musician—or so she thinks.
Trade Review"
Sounds Like Titanic would be unbelievable as a novel, but as a memoir it is deliciously bizarre and utterly American. It’s a Coen Brothers movie come to life—Ruby Tuesday, QVC, and one woman working for years as a fake violinist for classical music’s version of Thomas Kinkade. I couldn’t put it down." -- Caitlin Doughty, bestselling author of From Here to Eternity and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
"Sardonic, moving." -- New Yorker
"[An] outrageously funny, shrewdly meta memoir." -- O, The Oprah Magazine
"[A] most original memoir, one in which the narrator’s intelligence deepens by the page…. I salute Jessica Hindman for having shaped so well a remarkable piece of experience." -- Vivian Gornick, author of The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir
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Sounds Like Titanic … is a memoir with bite. …[Hindman’s] fascinating personal story, with its unexpected twists, puts the memorable into this memoir." -- NPR
"Brave and captivating. " -- Tucker Coombe - Los Angeles Review of Books
"[A] rich, powerful book." -- Constance Grady - Vox
"It’s difficult to write a funny, angry book. It’s even harder to write a merciless, empathetic book. But here comes Jessica Hindman, doing the impossible with a funny, angry, merciless, empathetic book that’s not only a hugely entertaining memoir, but an insightful meditation on a time in our nation’s recent history whose strange and ominous influence grows more apparent by the day." -- Tom Bissell, author of Apostle and coauthor of The Disaster Artist
"Hindman is an emissary for a generation, repurposing its sarcasm and irony in a nuanced, humorous, and intelligent look at what it means to construct and consume fake realities in post-9/11 America." -- Angela Palm, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize for Riverine
"It’s rare that a memoir—or any book—manages to be gripping, intelligent, witty, informative, and relatable all at the same time. Hindman mourns her lack of success as a professional musician, but we can all be endlessly happy she became a writer instead." -- Katherine Heiny, author of Standard Deviation
"An evocative portrait of America’s literal and figurative landscapes, an incisive look at class and gender, and an examination of what authenticity means." -- Justin St. Germain, author of Son of a Gun
"Although her violin days are over, Hindman can be assured that she’s accomplished something incredible: she has written a memoir about identity and finding a sense of self that is funny, personal, empathetic, and amazingly true." -- Lily McLemore - BookPage
"[P]rovocative. … A tricky, unnerving, consistently fascinating memoir." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
