People Magazine: “…[I]n this brave, funny, deeply moving memoir, [Rosman] shows readers how, even after death, love endures.”
Elle Magazine: If You Knew Suzy is “compelling and at times hilarious.”
The New York Observer: “More than a writer dealing with grief through her craft, If You Knew Suzy says quite a bit about everything good journalism can accomplish.”
Detroit Free Press: “Rosman expertly counterbalances the bleak and grinding arc of her mother’s cancer with an inspiring tale of her quietly extraordinary life, and does so with irreverent humor, bracing honesty and the storytelling savvy of a veteran reporter.”
San Jose Mercury News: “If You Knew Suzy [is] a delightful, moving and insightful account going beyond the death of Rosman’s mother, Suzy Rosin, to her dynamic life.”
Slate’s DoubleX: “Book of the Week”
The Daily Beast: “A Hot Read of the Week”
ADVANCE PRAISE
“Frank, funny, keenly reported, but also deeply moving, Rosman’s book journeys into that mysterious territory — the nature of family and the substance of love.” - Susan Orlean, author of “The Orchid Thief” and “The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup”
“Katie Rosman has a great gift for articulating the yearnings of daughterhood and the mysteries of motherhood. Reading her moving tale of discovery, we can’t help but contemplate the things we have yet to learn about our own parents – and about ourselves.” - Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor “The Last Lecture”
“After I picked up ‘If You Knew Suzy’, I couldn’t put it down. Katherine Rosman’s enthralling memoir presents a tender yet searching picture of a mother’s life, her death, and her lasting influence on her daughters.” - Gretchen Rubin, author of “The Happiness Project”
“Katherine Rosman’s voice rings with truth, pain, and hard-won humor as she reports from the heart in this bold, cathartic tale of a daughter’s search to find meaning in her mother’s death. She tells of her mother’s virtues and flaws with unvarnished honesty, their relationship as complicated as life itself, but therein lies so much love, this book beats with a heart of its own. - Janice Lee, author of “The Piano Teacher”
“If Katherine Rosman’s detailed and heartfelt tribute to her mother doesn’t make you want to hug your own, I don’t know what will.” - Sloane Crosley, author of “I Was Told There’d Be Cake”
“How marvelous to sit beside a daughter exploring her mother’s life. ‘If You Knew Suzy’ is about the joys of a family balanced by the heartbreaking complexities of death. Rosman is a dogged reporter whose eye for wonderful detail is enriched by the love and empathy of a devoted child.” - Isabel Gillies, author of “Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story”
