“Alice Carrière’s remarkable debut memoir is a timeless tale of surviving emotional neglect and mental illness; but it is also the story of a singular household filled with complex and exceptional artists, and the author’s experience of inheriting their prodigious legacy…. It is also refreshing to read a memoir of dysfunctional family and psychological disorder that is not self-pitying but raw, filled with sorrow, dark humor and sharp observation.”
—New York Times
“Extraordinary”
—Sarah Jessica Parker
“Mind-blowing!”
—Lena Dunham
“Pure elegance”
—Lisa Taddeo
“Spellbinding”
—Jennette McCurdy
“I don’t know which is more stunning: the triumph of this life, or the triumph of this beautiful book. Or perhaps they are one and the same. Out of the ashes of a childhood that may have appeared shiny on its surface but was unnerving and profoundly lonely, Alice Carrière has made art. Everything/Nothing/Someone is a master class in memoir.”
—Dani Shapiro, author of the New York Times bestseller Inheritance
“Spare and direct, with flashes of Didionesque elegance . . . The writing of this book and the presentation of Carrière’s life is brutal and honest and funny and shocking. . . . One of the most compelling first-person memoirs I’ve read in a long time.”
—Bret Easton Ellis, Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
“An intense but finely written book in the manner of classic coming-of-age memoirs like The Bell Jar.”
—Vogue
“Everything/Nothing/Someone will stay in your mind for a long time.”
—Real Simple
“Extraordinary, relatable, beautiful . . . The do-or-die question of memoir—do we care?—is answered in the form of a direct pipeline to the reader's heart.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“A story of immense bravery and resilience. It is clear, too, that this book was written by an exceptional human being, one with a remarkable capacity for forgiveness and a keen ability to see ‘love hidden in the heart of our failings and misfortunes.’”
—Washington Post
“Stunning….What begins as a memoir about suffering and disconnection ultimately ends with forgiveness and gratitude.”
—The Observer (UK)
“An impressive feat of writing.”
—The Daily Telegraph
“Exceptional - If you read one memoir this year, make it this one.”
—Pandora Sykes
“Written elegantly and with humor and compassion.”
—Susan Sarandon
“Wild, dark, riveting . . . Everything/Nothing/Someone is held together, even elevated, by the force of Carrière’s honesty, which lives in her prose.”
—Chapter 16
“Really, really good.”
—Amy Sedaris
“Creatively exceptional . . . This isn’t only about Carrière’s life. It’s also about how people make art and build family, how philosophy . . . intersects with lived experience, and how people try and fail to connect.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“Carrière’s surgically precise prose compresses her broken-glass experiences into hard diamond truths about family trauma and the mental health industry. This brutal, illuminating account reads like a contemporary Girl, Interrupted.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A spellbinding memoir.”
—Kirkus (starred review)
“Propulsive, intense, moving, and breathtakingly honest, this searing memoir about family ties, trampled boundaries, and mental illness is completely unforgettable. What a writer!”
—Molly Shannon, author of the New York Times bestseller Hello, Molly!
“This unsparing memoir reveals Alice Carrière’s extraordinary courage, her brilliance, her willingness to forgive, and her understanding that you hold your life on the condition that you will struggle hard in your search for an unmistakable self.”
—Susanna Moore, author of Miss Aluminum
“I read this brilliant book in one mad gulp. The prose is like a fever dream; Alice Carrière is an amazing writer. What a story—from start to finish.”
—Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man
