beth Gilbert is not the first writer to suggest that smart women have much to teach stern men, she puts the idea forward with rugged power’
New York Times Book Review
‘Rich as drawn butter and as comical as the crawly crustacean itself, Stern Menis high entertainment. Elizabeth Gilbert has penned a Dickensian tale; one wishes it ran in two volumes’
USA Today
‘A wonderful novel that will have you laughing out loud, Stern Men is an admirable debut from a writer obviously destined for literary longevity. Like Tyler and Irving (and Joseph Heller, Stanley