What Pretty Gets You

"A page-turner that rings true.... [Hoffman] will appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult, Sue Miller, and Chris Bohjalian." -Library Journal

"Hoffman's masterfully plotted tale of betrayal, secret-keeping, and unlikely sisterhood will keep you glued to your seat, turning pages well into the night." - Abbey Lee Nash, author of Lifeline

"A riveting and unexpected story of female friendship that will defy your expectations as it keeps you turning pages far into the night. Backdropped by the splendor of the Rocky Mountain West, What Pretty Gets You plunges the reader into a radically messy moral universe, where beauty is the opposite of truth, lies are a necessary kindness, and relationships are not what they seem. Through a nuanced portrayal of two very different women--a suburban stay-at-home mom and the gorgeous young drifter who upends her life--Hoffman deftly guides the reader toward uncomfortable--and ultimately revelatory--notions of physical beauty, entitlement, and feminine power. Readers will be hard-pressed not to catch glimpses of themselves in Maia and Carolyn--or to resist falling in love with them both." - Caeli Wolfson Widger, author of Real Happy Family

"I find her writing to be fresh and emotional, demonstrating perfectly what Ernest Hemingway exclaimed, "In order to write about life, first you must live it." Chandra Hoffman has lived it." -New York Journal of Books