“A well-paced, humorous, and introspective narrative that shifts between past and present, Is This a Cry for Help? captures Darcy’s journey from dependency to individualism. It ends with a quiet sense of moral ambiguity, aided by verse from Rumi: ‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.’” 
— Literary Review of Canada

“Quirky, funny, and intense…A timely and thoughtful meditation that still simmers in my brainpan.”
— TERRY FALLIS, bestselling author of The Marionette, on Interesting Facts About Space

“Austin has a gift for creating characters so real with insights so uniquely personal that they live in my heart long after the final page.”
— NATALIE SUE, internationally bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well

“Inject every Emily Austin novel straight into my veins…[Is This a Cry for Help?] stole my heart.”
— CECELIA LASKEY, author of Cover Story

“Emily Austin is the patron saint of Sad Girls With Too Many Feelings and masterful at finding and revealing the universal story in an achingly specific situation.”
— NORA McINERNY, author of Bad Vibes Only

“Everything Austin writes is swoonworthy, full of lovely humans struggling to find meaning, love, and belonging in a world that’s often too cold.”
— ANDREW DAVID MACDONALD, author of When We Were Vikings

“Emily Austin gets better and better!”
— MAI NGUYEN, author of Sunshine Nails

“No one blends humor and existentialism quite like Austin.”
— HALEY JAKOBSON, New York Times Editor’s Choice author of Old Enough

“No one blends humor and existentialism quite like Austin.”
— HALEY JAKOBSON, New York Times Editor’s Choice author of Old Enough

“I will read whatever Austin puts in front of me until I'm six feet under.”
— JEAN KYOUNG FRAZIER, author of Pizza Girl