Wilton Barnhardt
Misha Lazzara’s Manmade Constellations recharges the American road trip novel with a lyric touch. Part detective story—a search for a stranger’s lost son—part voyage of self-reflection—from a hometown and family the heroine hopes to leave behind—and all-around love story, the reader will gladly stay put in the passenger seat. Lazzara’s deftly drawn characters, their impulsive decisions, rendered in a narrative as page-turning as it is poetic, transports the reader to the greatest scenery of all: the landscape of the heart.”
author of All God’s Children Aaron Gwyn
With this dazzling debut novel, Misha Lazzara takes her place among the most important young fiction writers in America. Hers is a talent to watch, applaud, and—quite frankly—envy.”
New York Times bestselling author Jill McCorkle
Misha Lazzara is an extremely talented writer with a compelling story to tell. Her dialogue is pitch-perfect and her setting so vivid, you feel you are there.”
author of The Gulf Belle Boggs
Part love story, part mystery, Manmade Constellations explores the search for home on an imperfect planet. Misha Lazzara writes with empathy, grace, and a poet’s eye for detail, and her characters will live in your mind long after you’ve finished this page-turning novel.”
author of Sycamore Bryn Chancellor
Misha Lazarra scrapes away the wintry layers of small-town Minnesota and shows us what smolders beneath: the burning human heart. These indelible characters, with their quirks and flaws and grit, make us root for them on their journeys, reminding us that sometimes you have leave to find home again. Structurally inventive and deeply immersive, Manmade Constellations is a marvel.”
