"Jha adds depth to the brisk story with hints of the narrator’s troubled family history and sticks the landing with a surprising and rewarding conclusion. It’s a fresh and sassy take on romantic comedy conventions." — Publishers Weekly
"Oh, what fun I had reading this wild romp of a novel. But Intemperance—narrated by one of the funniest and most charming fictional characters I've met in my life—is more than a good time. It's a disarmingly honest and urgent book about the human search for love in all corners of existence: in the divine; in our fellow beings, human and not; and ultimately, within ourselves." — Vauhini Vara, author of Searches, This Is Salvaged, and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Immortal King Rao
"Gorgeous, witty, sexy, and smart, Intemperance is a wonderfully original tale of a woman facing off her own cynicism about love—and prevailing. Jha writes like a dream, and this book will delight you." — Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of Joyride and The Library Book
"Sonora Jha’s celebration of the pursuit of desire as a feminist act is a subversive storytelling feat: as full of heart and humor and delight in the world as its determined and brilliant heroine. Intemperance is so full of surprising pleasures and gorgeous prose that you’ll be torn between turning the pages as fast as possible and savoring every word. Buy it for your sisters and daughters and wives—and brothers and sons and husbands, too." — V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Brotherless Night, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Carol Shields Prize
