“[A] wonderful, wholly absorbing family drama with a mystery at its beating heart”

—MEG WOLITZER, NYT bestselling author of The Female Persuasion

“The Catch is a thoroughly entertaining and absorbing book by a writer who is brilliantly funny. I laughed, I cried, I thought about life. I now want to read whatever Alison Fairbrother writes”

—SUSAN MINOT, author of Why I Don’t Write: And Other Stories

“This big-hearted debut absolutely crackles with smarts”

—EMMA STRAUB, NYT bestselling author of All Adults Here