“Silverman explores the mysterious quotidian, the stuff that can so easily be absorbed into the backdrop of the always-there.... She reminds us that minor encounters, familiar objects, and small moments make up the texture of our living. In this warm and acerbic collection of observations, she wrestles with the big human questions.... as well as the smaller ones.”
— NINA MACLAUGHLIN in The Boston Globe

“Silverman is possessed by both realism and a sense of humor. She’s able to find the universal in the particular, and ‘Someday This Will Fit’ is a particularly fitting introduction to this versatile author’s literary universe."
— MICHAEL BERRY in The Portland Press Herald

“Throughout her writing life, Joan Silverman has tuned her ear to the quotidian. Her range of considerations is remarkable: peanut butter, ceiling leaks, cooking competitions, the riot of the natural world, the conditionality of friendship, the inevitability of personal loss. In Someday This Will Fit, she has selected and collected the work of decades and, taken together, her short pieces register shifts in society as well as shifts in an ordinary life."
— JANE BROX in The National Book Review

“This delightful collection is filled with gemlike assertions, wit, and an unflinching eye that captures the truth of what it means to be human. I loved this book, which does double-duty as a perfect vacation read!”
— KIM DANA KUPPERMAN

“‘Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom,’ Ben Franklin wrote to a friend. Franklin would enjoy visiting Joan Silverman. Her deftly written vignettes are like spending time with a good neighbor, one who is observant, funny and a little chatty, one who knows the happiness of finding the perfect small spoon for a yogurt cup.”
— HOWARD MANSFIELD

“Joan Silverman’s essays remind us of the wonders of the everyday. A delight to read!”
— BERND HEINRICH

“Joan Silverman’s clear-eyed narrative mines small daily details for larger lessons about everything from music to mortality. With sharp observations and wry humor, Silverman delivers wise and timely home truths.”
— ELIZABETH SEARLE