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Maum's writing is easy, eager and colloquial…Maum shines when she writes about creativity, the slow burn and then sudden rush of ideas that lead Sloane to change her life. Having new ideas feels like love. We use the same liquid, luminous metaphors for both: lightning, fire, magma, light bulbs. But while love stories are almost mandatory parts of novels (including this one), good writing about creativity is rare. Maum captures that fragile, gratifying, urgent process.
Annalisa Quinn - New York Times Book Review


Touch is an interesting take on what life would be like if we just put down our phones and stepped away from the computer. Maum reminds us to not forget about those who are living and breathing right around us. Because a loving hug, tight squeeze, or simple touch is so much more fulfilling than a text.
Associated Press


At the heart of Maum’s smart, playful, satirical novel is the clash between technology and human interaction. . . . As she demonstrated so well in her previous novel, [Maum] brings astute social observations to relationships, whether workplace or romantic.
National Book Review


A sharp, poignant take on our digitally dependent lives.
Marie Claire


A hilarious workplace send-up and warm-hearted tale of a woman reconfiguring her priorities.
O Magazine


(Starred review.) Maum’s trenchant satirical novel is about the intersection of modern technology and human interaction.… [As] an incisive grasp of where tech and culture meet…[t]he book also captures the mid-life crisis of a woman at the top of her game…perceptive, thought-provoking .
Publishers Weekly


Maum perfectly captures the zeitgeist of our era as technology battles with humanity. Her thought-provoking, humorous book will inspire readers to forgo the electronics and get back to basics as simple as human touch. —Catherine Coyne, Mansfield P.L., MA
Library Journal


(Starred review.) In a work of zealous social critique laced with sexy romantic comedy…Maum’s incisive, charming, and funny novel ebulliently champions the healing powers of touch, the living world, and love in all its crazy risks, surprises, and sustaining radiance.
Booklist


Leave it to a work of fiction—Courtney Maum’s razor-sharp Touch—to bring this vexing issue into focus with compassion and wit.… Maum deftly manipulates [her] tantalizing setup…an entertaining frame for what will continue to be a lively debate.
BookPage


A trend forecaster foresees a solution to the loneliness of this hyperconnected world.… An uncomplicated novel about the complicated relationship between humans and the tech-heavy world.
Kirkus Reviews