PERMISSION
Coming March 2025
“Permission is going to breath freedom into your life. It is a clarion call for writers to tell their hard, lifelong truth, no matter how many decades they have agreed to stay silent.” - Anne Lamott
“I can’t think of a better book on the craft of memoir. Erudite, wise and deeply personal, Permission burrows into the complexity of telling our own stories. This is a masterclass.” - Katherine May
“With Permission, Elissa Altman has given us a profound and generous gift. There are only a handful of books I recommend every time I teach, without fail, and Permission will be one of them. This insightful, empowering book should be on every writer’s shelf.” - Maggie Smith
Motherland
“Vibrating with emotion ….” - People Magazine
“A wry and moving meditation on aging and the different kinds of love between women.” - O: The Oprah Magazine
“A testament to the power of love and family….” - Dani Shapiro
“Wise, evocative, and rich in insight, this compassionate and beautiful memoir is ultimately an act of love.” - Claire Messud
“Scintillating, unsparing prose….” - Jacki Lyden
“Infused with humor, sorrow, and hard-won clarity, this memoir is a triumph of writerly and daughterly empathy.”- Kate Christensen
Available in Paperback, audio, and digital download
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“A memoir that reads like a novel... Gorgeous, singular, heartbreaking, haunting.”- Joanna Rakoff
“A brave and generous memoir, a lucid love letter to her own family’s history…I love this book.” - Dani Shapiro
“Altman is expert at evoking time, place and social status. . . . her prose shines….” - Wall Street Journal
“A poignant and life-affirming family memoir.” - Kirkus Reviews
Available in Paperback, Audio, and Digital Download
Poor Man’s Feast
Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious, this is one of the finest food memoirs of recent years.”-The New York Times Book Review
“Luminous writing….” -Publishers Weekly
“A brave, generous story about family, food, and finding the way home.” -Molly Wizenberg