Porcupines

Funny, acerbic, and wonderfully playful, Porcupines is a brilliant, cross-generational portrait of an immigrant family constantly assailed by whether they are American enough, Hungarian enough or Jewish enough. It's completely delicious: a novel to sink into

Naomi Wood, author of Mrs. Hemingway

Porcupines manages the rarest of things: depicting beautifully complex characters, while simultaneously providing a deeply comforting world. The best debut I’ve read this year

Grace Murray, author of Blank Canvas

Perfect for Elif Batuman fans, this is a wonderfully warm, witty read about mothers and daughters, sisters and lovers, migration and belonging, and what it truly means to feel at home. I loved it

Julianne Pachico, author of The Jungle House

An acutely and deftly told story of family … Wise, emotive and funny, Fran Fabriczki is a beautiful writer who writes sisterhood and motherhood so well I felt like could reach out and touch her characters

Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us

A haunting, funny and compulsively readable novel about the intricacies of family, loss and trust

Chloe Caldwell, author of Women

If Gilmore Girls had sharper edges and came with a Los Angeles sunburn, you’d have this riveting novel, a love letter to kids who are done keeping their parents’ secrets

Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You

A dazzling mother-daughter story, Porcupines shows us the softness that lies beneath the spikes

Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street

A really accomplished debut. Sharp and funny as hell

Chris Power, author of A Lonely Man

Sonia and her daughter Mila are wonderfully funny, unpredictable forces in this sharp, witty take on the American dream and the persistence of Old Europe

Andrew Cowan, author of PIg