REVIEWS
Honorable Mention in the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival
Winners will be honored in a private ceremony at the Hotel Rex on Friday, May 8
Five Stars from Amazon!
Whether stumbling upon it or seeking it out, this one is a winner!
"Most of us crack open a new novel for the same reason. We want to be transfixed, tantalized or simply transported to another space entirely. "On the Brink..." gives this to you in spades. Cerasoli will knock you sideways with her unabashed humor. No stone of inner turmoil is left unturned in her painting of "Annie" or her sculpture of "Billy". All of Cerasoli's characters vibrate and come alive in this wry and witty account of what could really be each and every one us while we floundered around in our 20s. You will find yourself locked into this novel immediately and with every turn of a page you will want more. When you find yourself at the end of "On the Brink..." you will feel like you made some new friends and you will feel satiated. "
"What can you do when everything falls apart around you? On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity is the story of Annie. Attracted to a prick, newly unemployed, Annie's life seems to be a on a downward spiral that she cannot control. Add in an utterly fascinating cast of characters and one has the recipe for an intriguing and story, sure to compel the reader. On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity is wryly written, and a top pick for new fiction."
Midwest Book Review
(Oregon, WI USA)
"Pure, uncensored, humorous madness."
Siegal Entertainment, Inc.
"Not quite sure how Cerasoli jumped inside my brain, but you have to experience the refreshing for-once-in-my-life-someone-understands-me moment for yourself. It's one of the best damn books I've ever read!"
Tish Ciravolo
President/Founder
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars
"Like J.D. Salinger for his generation or Bret Easton Ellis for the 80s, Lisa Cerasoli writes with a wit and frank honesty that cuts you to the core. This story about modern LA life amongst "frenimies" and lovers is just what everyone East of Palm Springs thinks life is like in Tinsel Town....and what everyone West of it is (almost) ashamed to admit is just a little too true."
Sean Madden
Producer
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
"I found Lisa Cerasoli's Brink a rollickin' trip down adolescent musical lane."
John Scott Shepherd
author of Henry's List of Wrongs, Joe Somebody
"Sex, music, tequila, religion, crime, mary jane… Finally, far-fetched fiction meets in-your-face reality in this sardonic, wry, laugh-till-you-cry artful work of prose."
Cory L. Schuelke
CFO
Windswept Music
"Masterfully told through a flawed protagonist and irreverent cast of characters, this exhilarating ride makes you wince and laugh simultaneously at the brutal honesty of love, adulthood, and how not to handle them."
Bill Hinkle
Producer
"Secret Lives of Women" WE Network
"Cerasoli's writing is all gut and even more heart. With such an ultra-hip spin on true-to-life dilemmas, you can't help but read on and root for these unlikely, complex heroes of modern time."
J.Michael McClary
Writer/Director
Sam Shepherd's "Curse of the Starving Class"
"From first to last Lisa Cerasoli creates an engaging--and sexy--excursion into the hilarious highs and lows of artistic narcissism."
David Angsten
author of Dark Gold and Night of the Furies
"On the Brink... is a quick & witty ride that takes you down a twisted tunnel with your best friend. When spit out the bottom, you find profound self-discovery and blessed daylight."
Fredericka Deichelbor
A reader from "The Network"
"On the Brink... captures the riotous, unpredictable, self-loathing existence of a woman buried beneath her own low expectations of life. Drama and discontent have been Annie's security blanket for so long that wanting more and ultimately realizing she deserves it, is a touching, comical and entertaining journey that will resonate with both women and men. Cerasoli is a gifted writer who allows us to participate, almost as if intruding, in her character's heartbreaking and hilarious passage to renewal and love."
Sarah K. Blom, M.A.
Senior Director of Development
Michigan State University
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