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– Deborah Willis, author of The Dark and Other Love Stories, long-listed for a Giller Prize


Margaret Gracie’s Plastic revolves around the life of Debbie, a former Miss America, and the power and damage her extraordinary beauty can wield. Via Gracie’s deft storytelling in multiple points of view, we’re transported into a world where appearances hold massive importance—at a cost that goes far beyond skin deep.

– Julie Paul, author of The Jealousy Bone and The Pull of the Moon


This collection of interwoven stories offers a devastating examination of the current cultural belief that money and beauty are at the heart of happiness. I was struck … by her critical understanding of these ‘‘plastic’’ characters whose lives she dissects with a sharp and clever knife, but also with great compassion for their struggle.

– Isabel Huggan, author of Belonging: Home Away from Home