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"Stephanie Gangi's Carry the Dog is powered by insight and true wit as it explores families and their aftershocks, as well as art, regret and the state of being an older, desiring female in a world that too often looks away. I enjoyed it immensely."
— Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Female Persuasion
“I can’t remember the last time I was as completely bewitched by a fictional character as I was by Bea Seger in Stephanie Gangi’s Carry the Dog. What a treat to view life through the eyes of this funny, smart, gutsy woman, who’s suffered its outrageous slings and arrows, and just keeps coming back for more.”
— Richard Russo, Pulitzer-prize winning author of Empire Falls
“Carry the Dog is a fantastic novel about art, fame, aging and the unfathomable mystery of family. Stephanie Gangi writes with a rare mix of grace and urgency.”
— Jess Walter, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins
“There was something so authentic about this novel. It's a book about resilience, and the imperative of defining yourself to yourself, and a riveting reminder that nothing in this life is ever too late. I loved it."
— Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
“A keenly observed and devastating novel. Though Bea’s is a voice that, at times, made me laugh with recognition, her story is so dark and compelling that I woke before dawn to finish reading.”
— Polly Samson, Author of Theater for Dreamers
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"A fiercely talented writer who understands love, sex, men & women."
— ERICA JONG
Stephanie Gangi is a poet, essayist and fiction writer. Carry the Dog is her second novel. Her acclaimed debut, The Next, was published by St. Martin’s Press. Gangi’s shorter work has appeared in Arts & Letters, Catapult, Dame, LitHub, Hippocrates Poetry Anthology, McSweeney’s, New Ohio Review, Next Tribe, The Woolfer. She lives in New York City, where she is at work on The Good Provider, her third novel.