Alison Espach Quotes

Cry your guts out because nothing is sadder than an adult who forgets how to be a child.

Cry your guts out because nothing is sadder than an adult who forgets how to be a child.

Alison Espach

Tags: coming of age, growing up

My father moved out a week later. I hugged him at our front door and couldn't bear to watch him leave with so much luggage.

My father moved out a week later. I hugged him at our front door and couldn't bear to watch him leave with so much luggage.

Alison Espach

Tags: adulthood, childhood, father, loneliness

About Author

Alison Espach (born September 26, 1984) is an American novelist. Espach is the author of three novels—The Adults (2011), Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance (2022), and The Wedding People (2024). She is an associate professor of English at Providence College in Rhode Island.