Susanna Sonnenberg Explained

Susanna Sonnenberg is the author of the best-selling memoirs Her Last Death and She Matters. Her Last Death reached #11^[1] and She Matters reached #32^[2] on The New York Times Best Seller list. Both memoirs received wide critical praise.

Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times described Last Death as a "fiercely observed, fluently written book that captures the chaos and confusions of [Sonnenberg's] youth" in "sharp, crystalline prose."^[3] The New York Times review of She Matters said that Sonnenberg "demonstrates a self-awareness that is clearly hard-earned" and that the "determination to learn from the women who are close to her, to investigate where she failed and where they did, is what gives the book such resonance."^[4] Her essays have also been widely published in magazines such as Elle, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Parenting.^[5]

She is the daughter of Ben Sonnenberg, the American publisher and founder of the literary magazine Grand Street. Born in London and raised in New York, she now lives in Montana with her family.^[6]

• Reviews of Her Last Death

New York Times

Oprah Magazine^[7]

Entertainment Weekly^[8]

New York Observer^[9]

San Francisco Chronicle^[10]

Publishers Weekly^[11]

The Book Lady's Blog^[12]

• Reviews of She Matters

New York Times

Boston Globe^[13]

Dallas News^[14]

San Francisco Chronicle^[15]

NPR^[16]

Harpers Bazaar^[17]

Book Passage^[18]

Publishers Weekly^[19]

Women's Voices for Change^[20]

External links

Interviews with Susanna Sonnenberg

• LA Times
• Drinking Diaries
• Southeastern Review

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York Times Book Review. New York Times Book Review Best Seller List for February 3, 2008 with objections from family members . October 4, 2013.
2. News: New York Times Book Review. New York Times Book Review Best Seller List for February 3, 2013. The New York Times . October 4, 2013.
3. News: New York Times. New York Times Review of Her Last Death. The New York Times . 21 December 2007 . live . https://archive.today/20131108181537/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/books/21book.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&&gwh=413261B605E5F9887F4A415BD5FF8027 . November 8, 2013 .
4. News: New York Times. New York Times Review of She Matters. The New York Times . 11 January 2013 .
5. Web site: Sonnenberg. Temptations. Oprah.com. 2013-11-08.
6. Web site: Simon and Schuster Author Page . Simon and Schuster. October 4, 2013.
7. Web site: Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg . Oprah.com . 2008-04-01 . 2013-11-08.
8. Web site: Her Last Death Review . EW.com . 2007-12-14 . 2013-11-08.
9. Web site: Jacobs . Alexandra . Wretched Mother, Retching Daughter, Mesmerizing Memoir | The New York Observer . Observer.com . January 2008. 2013-11-08.
10. Web site: Review: 'Her Last Death' a memoir of life with (and without) Mommy Dearest . SFGate . 2008-01-04 . 2013-11-08.
11. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: Her Last Death: A Memoir by Susanna Sonnenberg. Publishersweekly.com . 2007-10-08 . 2013-11-08.
12. Web site: Book Review: Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg | The Book Lady's Blog . 2013-11-08.
13. Web site: Review of "She Matters: A Life in Friendships" By Susanna Sonnenberg – Books . The Boston Globe . 2013-01-06 . 2013-11-08.
14. Web site: The Dallas Morning News | Options . Dallasnews.com . 2013-11-08.
15. Web site: Mary Pols . 'She Matters,' by Susanna Sonnenberg . SFGate . 2013-01-11 . 2013-11-08.
16. Web site: Sonnenberg . Susanna . 'A Life In Friendships' Is A Life Well-Lived . NPR . 2013-01-09 . 2013-11-08.
17. Web site: Winter Books 2013 – She Matters: A Life in Friendships by Susanna Sonnenberg – Harper's BAZAAR . Harpersbazaar.com . 2013-01-29 . 2013-11-08.
18. Web site: Susanna Sonnenberg – She Matters . Book Passage . 2013-01-16 . 2013-11-08.
19. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: She Matters: A Life in Friendships by Susanna Sonnenberg. Publishersweekly.com . 2012-07-06 . 2013-11-08.
20. Web site: 'She Matters: A Life in Friendships,' by Susanna Sonnenberg | Women's Voices For Change . Womensvoicesforchange.org . 2013-06-01 . 2013-11-08.