Susan Coll

Book Review
The Washington Post
‘How to Sleep at Night’ comically captures the pain of running for office

Here’s a question for the gods of publishing: Is launching a debut novel about a family riven by partisan politics just before a divisive leader once again takes office a good idea, or will readers prefer to stick their heads in the sand and read the classics or watch trash TV for the next four years?

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