"These pages are filled with love...A soap opera may deal in illusion, but Family Drama returns us to the body—as proof of love, damage, and the inheritances parents leave behind, willingly or otherwise." —The Observer

"A truly sublime novel.... A beautiful portrait of a woman living a double life, torn between motherhood and ambition.... Fans of Ann Patchett and Claire Lombardo will love this emotional story." —Good Housekeeping

"Family Drama is a sharp, emotionally astute meditation on ambition, motherhood and inheritance. Fallon writes with assurance and restraint, capturing the ache of unfinished relationships and the multiplicity of selves we present to the world. It’s a novel that understands how love can be both sustaining and corrosive, and how the stories we tell about the people we lose shape who we become." —Voice Magazine

"Lovely prose and poignant moments fill the pages of Rebecca Fallon’s debut novel, Family Drama." —Woman's World

"This debut, which is lyrical and poignant, examines love, ambition and the price of being who we want to be." —BookTrib.

“Sweeping and intimate, Family Drama is a bruisingly gorgeous debut.” —Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies and Almost Life

"Assured in her craftsmanship, radiant in her compassionate characterizations, Fallon invites comparisons to Ann Patchett, Ann Napolitano, and Anne Tyler." —Booklist (starred)

“In the end, like the soap opera Susan stars in, this drama allows readers to dissolve; feel your own problems grow trivial against the melodrama, against the height of what a human can feel. The author’s emotional intelligence shines through in this affecting novel’s quirky, evolving characters.” —Kirkus

"Family Drama is a magnificent debut. It has everything I love - gorgeous writing, complicated love affairs, a gripping storyline and so many pitch-perfect observations, I often had to read a sentence twice." —Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country

“One of the most moving books I’ve read in a long time.  I loved all of these characters - the complexities of life that stretch the bonds of family and marriage but ultimately are kept together with enduring love.  It’s extraordinary when a debut novel is this good about family drama!” —Julie Slavinsky, Warwick’s

“Susan, an aspiring actor and Alcott, the more conservative professor are desperately in love. But how does that continue through time? Children? Careers? I cried for the lost childhoods, the struggle to find a middle ground. Please read this so we can talk.” —Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Books

"Family Drama is a story of sibling love, loss, and the cost of following your dreams. With a keen sense of place, robust characters, and all the drama that the title promises, this novel is a must-add for book club calendars." —Mary Webber O’Malley, Skylark Books