Praise for Wayward Saints:

“Wayward Saints is full of wonderful observations about family, fame, guilt, aging, the stupid music business, and the power and glory of performing and creating. Most importantly, Suzzy Roche has written a book about love and redemption. And it's funny!  I loved the little details and the big surprises.”
—Loudon Wainwright, Grammy-winning songwriter

“All those times that I listened to Suzzy Roche and her sisters singing like genius angels, I had no idea that one day I would be reading a novel by her that is as pure, funny, and original as her music.  Wayward Saints is packed with honesty about the harshness of growing up, the sadness of growing older, the pain of art, and the pleasures of being authentic.  The characters are stirring and real, and lines from the novel are permanently in my head, like the lines from a great song.  I am telling everyone to read this book.”
—Meg Wolitzer
 
“I’m jealous!  How can it be that someone who sings like Suzzy Roche can also write this well, tell us so much not only about the music business but about the large hearts of her characters, the locales of their deepest pain and the sources of their strength?  Her language is dazzling—unpredictable,  supremely funny, irreverent, and full of authority. Wayward Saints is the best and most surprising debut novel I’ve read since I can’t remember when.”
 —Rosellen Brown

“What do you get when you combine a town called Swallow, a family named Saint, Sliced Ham, a rock band that sings songs like "The Back of My Ass" and "Tom's Dick and Harry," the Blessed Mother, a chocolate tranny, and characters like Garbagio and Flick Zeez? A rollicking, audacious, heartwarming, funny, poignant, unforgettable debut novel by Suzzy Roche!”
 —Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle and The Red Thread

"I swallowed Wayward Saints whole, in a single day’s gulp, until I was left gasping at the end. Suzzy Roche has always had perfect pitch, the voice of an angel, and the wit of a jester, but here she takes her prodigious gifts and runs with them, weaving a golden-threaded tale of mother/daughter redemption, of the transformative power of art, and of the mysteries, pains, and sacrifices of love. How could this be her first novel? She’s already a master."
—Deborah Copaken Kogan