Sounds Like Titanic

[P]rovocative. ... A tricky, unnerving, consistently fascinating memoir. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) It's difficult to write a funny, angry book. It's even harder to write a merciless, empathetic book. But here comes Jessica Hindman, doing the impossible with a funny, angry, merciless, empathetic book that's not only a hugely entertaining memoir, but an insightful meditation on a time in our nation's recent history whose strange and ominous influence grows more apparent by the day. -- Tom Bissell, author of Apostle and coauthor of The Disaster Artist An evocative portrait of America's literal and figurative landscapes, an incisive look at class and gender, and an examination of what authenticity means. -- Justin St. Germain, author of Son of a Gun Hindman is an emissary for a generation, repurposing its sarcasm and irony in a nuanced, humorous, and intelligent look at what it means to construct and consume fake realities in post-9/11 America. -- Angela Palm, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize for Riverine Sounds Like Titanic would be unbelievable as a novel, but as a memoir it is deliciously bizarre and utterly American. It's a Coen Brothers movie come to life-Ruby Tuesday, QVC, and one woman working for years as a fake violinist for classical music's version of Thomas Kinkade. I couldn't put it down. -- Caitlin Doughty, bestselling author of From Here to Eternity and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [A] most original memoir, one in which the narrator's intelligence deepens by the page.... I salute Jessica Hindman for having shaped so well a remarkable piece of experience. -- Vivian Gornick, author of The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir