Futures (Pitoniak) - Book Reviews

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Pitoniak maintains her keen eye for the universal insecurities facing her generation today, from romantic uncertainties and the relative benefits and downsides of hedge fund and nonprofit jobs to the emotional effort it requires to negotiate the predetermined facts of one's upbringing with the person one chooses to become.
Harper's Bazaar


This winter's cathartic read: a story that feels familiar yet wholly original, like every heartbreak ever.
Marie Claire


An emotional page-turner.
Cosmopolitan


Pitoniak's inspired debut centers on two recent college grads who move to New York City together during the 2008 recession and watch their relationship change drastically.
InStyle


Pitoniak eschews cliché for nuanced characterization and sharply observed detail. Evan and Julia ring true as 20-somethings, but Pitoniak’s novel also speaks to anyone who has searched among possible futures for the way back to what Julia calls “the person I had been all along.”
Publishers Weekly


This debut coming-of-age novel captures the insecurities of the first days of independent adulthood and the unintended consequences in the struggle for maturity. Readers of general fiction will enjoy this story. Recommended. —Joanna Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Libs., Providence
Library Journal


Pitoniak's well-plotted, character-driven, interior-focused novel captures the knowable angst of the unknowable possibilities of modern young adulthood.
Booklist


Pitoniak expertly captures both the excitement and the oppressive darkness of being young and at sea in New York City.... And while the novel isn’t always subtle in its revelations, it’s deeply empathetic—and always engaging. A bittersweet coming-of-age drama and a portrait of an era.
Kirkus Reviews