"The novel [Garish Days] does not miss step once. It rushes along as does Louise, full of life and witty perceptions." —Chicago Tribune
"'Cousin It,' like the mid-century backyard-barbecue culture that it so amiably spoofs, is remarkable..." —Entertainment Weekly
"'Garish Days' is the sort of book no one writes anymore." —Los Angeles Times
"Caraganis gives us a richly ironic farce set during one long and blue-skied summer when the atom was still our friend, cigarettes were sexy, and conformity was a national virtue." —Entertainment Weekly