Praise for The Opposite of Certainty
“This is Janine Urbaniak Reid’s brilliant, rich, breathtakingly honest and sometimes very funny account of defying the gravity of her circumstances.”
– Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Grace (Eventually)
“What could be more important, in this moment, than a story about embracing power, love, and beauty when one’s perfectly laid plans crumble? I read Janine Reid’s The Opposite of Certainty cover-to-cover in one sitting. I set it down feeling more hopeful, peaceful, steady. I loved this book.”
– Glennon Doyle, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller Untamed and Founder of Together Rising
“Full of spiritual grace and shining with a kind of rare hope, yes, it brings you to your knees, but miraculously shows you that this might actually be the best vantage point to see the stars. Extraordinary.”
– Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Cruel Beautiful World
“Observant and warm, the writing of Janine Urbaniak Reid is the finest company.”
– Kelly Corrigan, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me More and The Middle Place
“Told with brutal honesty and so much grace it will touch your soul.”
–Jacqueline Winspear, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Journey to Munich, A Dangerous Place, Leaving Everything Most Loved, and nine other novels featuring Maisie Dobbs
“A beautiful sucker punch, like life. When the ground crumbles beneath your hopes, big dreams and great expectations, what do you stand on and for? Where do you find the strength to keep going? You find it in this gem of a book.”
– Ron Fournier, New York Times bestselling author of Love That Boy
“Subtle, powerful, and hypnotic, I read it in a day.”
– Martin Cruz Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Gorky Park