Reviews
“…often funny and always humane, an unexpected voice in a world long defined by ironclad rules and abhorrence of emotion”
- New York Times Magazine
“A delicious diversion…Sarah Smiley is all heart…She’s honest to a fault, filled with self-doubt, and frequently, perilously, vulnerable. And many people will see her as a hero for being so frank about it.”
- USA Today
“…an Erma Bombeck …[Smiley's] prose is simple and straightforward, and her humor is clever.”
- Publishers Weekly
“Uplifting”
– Oprah’s O Magazine
“[DINNER WITH THE SMILEYS] will make you a better person for reading it…By the close, you’ll be begging for seconds.”
- SheKnows.com
“Sarah Smiley writes in such a very intimate and frank style that the reader feels like a fly on the wall…Her humor is quiet and wry, and at times she is painfully honest.”
– BookReporter.com
“A meal-time revolution”
- The Today Show
“Most eloquent when writing about the joys and challenges of parenthood…Yet, not afraid to take the military to task for its shortcomings.”
- Military.com
“Classic Sarah: forthright and honest, funny and smart.”
– The New York Times
“[The] stories range from heartbreaking to hilarious.”
– Maine Magazine
“You can’t help but be moved”
– Carol Leifer, former writer for Seinfeld
“A rare, unvarnished glimpse into the life of an American family.”
– Cynthia Kaplan
“…not afraid to question the tight-lipped culture she inhabits…Her new book is sure to make Rummy sweat.”
- Philadelphia City Paper
“disarming candor”
- BookReporter.com
“You will find yourself smiling and chuckling to yourself as you read.”
- Des Moines Register
“It is that wry take on the life…that Smiley does best”
- New York Times Magazine
“Smiley is so painfully honest that readers who’ve been there are likely to feel that old familiar hot flush of hysteria.”
- The Virginian-Pilot
“both a joy and an inspiration…”
– Sue Halpern, author of A DOG WALKS INTO A NURSING HOME
“Laugh-out-loud humor and poignant honesty set this memoir apart”
- The Florida Times-Union
“Smiley has the knack of turning the ordinary, and not-so-ordinary travails into an absorbing narrative. There’s nothing stoic about this Navy wife who writes with the kind of three-beer honesty that seems both amusing and brave at the same time.”
- Frank Cerabino, columnist, The Palm Beach Post
“Witty, whimsical and wise…will put a grin on your face.”
- Tim Bete, Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop
“Sarah Smiley captures military family life like no other – with endearing and descriptive writing that brings both laughs and tears.”
- The Bradenton Herald
“Sarah Smiley’s frank writing offers an atypical perspective of military life…even those completely unfamiliar with life as a military spouse will relate and appreciate her witty accounts of being a wife and raising three children.”
- Bernie Grimm, Fox News Legal Analyst
“Sarah Smiley continues to put [Pensacola, Florida] on the map.”