Based Upon Availability (Abridged): A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “Strauss is a sharp-eyed accountant of the fleeting moments that wound us.”

  — Elle

• “A sort of literary Six Feet Under, this collection of dark and sometimes surprisingly buoyant stories examines the fascination some people have with death as a way to find love and connection.”

  — Glamour

• “Strauss has a knack for inserting the kinds of surprises that shock but also strengthen the impact of the novel.”

  — Baltimore Morning Sun

• “Thérèse Plummer’s performance is deft…Engrossing.”

  — AudioFile

• “Strauss’ stellar first novel chronicles the loneliness of New Yorkers loosely connected by the swanky Four Seasons hotel…Quite sublime.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Mesmerizing…Lonely and longing to be otherwise, the characters in this moving novel are achingly sympathetic, their plights eminently relatable.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “There’s a story behind every room at Manhattan’s famed Four Seasons hotel, and Alix Strauss weaves them together in a dark and complicated tapestry. Every character has a secret and nothing is what it seems.”

  — Shari Goldhagen, author of Family and Other Accidents