Press “Dierbeck is passionate, observant, and funny.” -- Los Angeles Times

“Provocative...A nuanced study in moral ambiguity, an expansive piece of cultural commentary. An unsettling and original book.” -- The Boston Globe

“Riveting.” -- O, The Oprah Magazine           “A lavish, unnerving portrait.” -- Time Out

“An undeniably talented writer.” -- The Washington Post Book World

“Dierbeck’s stunning debut novel...is a wonderful, frightening, funny riff on
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Realistic and tough and altogether exhilarating.
An up-all-night page-turner.” -- Newsday

“A tour de force, a meshing of the myths of the counterculture with the fantastic
universe of Lewis Carroll...Genuinely original, compulsively readable.”
                                                   -- Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)

“(Dierbeck) takes many risks in this fine first novel, and one of the larger risks is
overturning the traditional optimism of the coming-of-age novel...I haven’t seen this
so well described in fiction before: that bizarre haze that can settle over girls and
women in the face of obvious sexual danger.” -- The New York Times Book Review

“A strong debut exploring the subtleties of sex, power, and growing up in the ‘70s.”
                                                                    -- Kirkus Reviews

“Fascinating, unsettling...A dreaminess suffuses One Pill Makes You Smaller, as Dierbeck
creates an unforgettable, surreal atmosphere, and writes crackling, wicked dialogue.
The book is thoroughly engaging, extremely disquieting, at times hilarious...”
                                                   -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Dierbeck’s prose is wonderfully assured and her storytelling solid...One Pill Makes
You Smaller marks an important literary debut.” -- Boston Phoenix << Back to Home