Someday This Will Fit celebrates the things that matter -- family and friendship, Dove Bars and thank-you notes. A collection of linked essays, the book muses on issues that are instantly familiar -- from privacy in the digital age to racism at the dinner table, to a friend's suicide; from Post-Its and Kindles, to head colds and home repairs. In the age of Twitter, these bite-size narratives evoke the richness and humor of daily life in a brief, compact form. The book's wry midlife observations offer an insightful, no-nonsense take on modern living. "Edgy, whimsical, and poignant essays about ordinary triumphs and travails." - Kirkus Reviews "Silverman explores the mysterious quotidian, the stuff that can so easily be absorbed into the backdrop of the always-there.... She reminds us that minor encounters, familiar objects, and small moments make up the texture of our living. In this warm and acerbic collection of observations, she wrestles with the big human questions.... as well as the smaller ones." - Nina MacLaughlin in The Boston Globe "Throughout her writing life, Joan Silverman has tuned her ear to the quotidian. Her range of considerations is remarkable: peanut butter, ceiling leaks, cooking competitions, the riot of the natural world, the conditionality of friendship, the inevitability of personal loss. In Someday This Will Fit , she has selected and collected the work of decades and, taken together, her short pieces register shifts in society as well as shifts in an ordinary life." - Jane Brox in The National Book Review "Someday This Will Fit' unfolds in a series of vignettes that range from the funny and familiar to the poignant and mournful, alwayscompelling and crisp, deft and satisfying. Silverman is a wise,intelligent, compassionate guide to the vicissitudes of midlife." -KATE CHRISTENSEN, author of "Blue Plate Special" and "How to Cook a Moose" "Joan Silverman surveys our domestic landscape with a humorist's wise andlancing eye. Her sentences hook deftly each to the next and keep usreading. The payoff is a gathering--and affirming--sense of recognition." -SVEN BIRKERTS, author of "Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the Internet Age" "Joan Silverman's splendid new book is a stealth primer on this thing we call life. There's so much to feast upon inside these wry, incisivemeditations. Silverman's clarion voice rings wise and true and deeplyempathetic at every turn. What a remarkable feat." -SUSAN CONLEY, author of "The Foremost Good Fortune" and "Elsey Come Home" "This delightful collection is filled with gemlike assertions, wit, and anunflinching eye that captures the truth of what it means to be human. Iloved this book, which does double-duty as a perfect vacation read." -KIM DANA KUPPERMAN, author of "Six Thousand Miles to Home" and "The Last of Her: A Forensic Memoir" "'Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day,than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom,' BenFranklin wrote to a friend. Franklin would enjoy visiting JoanSilverman. Her deftly written vignettes are like spending time with agood neighbor, one who is observant, funny and a little chatty, one whoknows the happiness of finding the perfect small spoon for a yogurtcup." -HOWARD MANSFIELD, author of "The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down" "Joan Silverman's essays remind us of the wonders of the everyday. A delight to read!" -BERND HEINRICH, author of "Summer World" and "Mind of the Raven" "Joan Silverman's clear-eyed narrative mines small daily details for largerlessons about everything from music to mortality. With sharpobservations and wry humor, Silverman delivers wise and timely hometruths." -ELIZABETH SEARLE, author of "A Four-Sided Bed" and "Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera" "This delightful collection is filled with gemlike assertions, wit, and an unflinching eye that captures the truth of what it means to be human. I loved this book, which does double-duty as a perfect vacation read." - KIM DANA KUPPERMAN , author of Six Thousand Miles to Home and The Last of Her: A Forensic Memoir "'Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom,' Ben Franklin wrote to a friend. Franklin would enjoy visiting Joan Silverman. Her deftly written vignettes are like spending time with a good neighbor, one who is observant, funny, and a little chatty, one who knows the happiness of finding the perfect small spoon for a yogurt cup." - HOWARD MANSFIELD , author of The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down "Joan Silverman's clear-eyed narrative mines small daily details for larger lessons about everything from music to mortality. With sharp observations and wry humor, Silverman delivers wise and timely home truths." - ELIZABETH SEARLE , author of A Four-Sided Bed and Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera " Someday This Will Fit unfolds in a serie