“The Ponds are an iconic American family, and when the truly unbelievable shit debut author Green has dreamed up for them hits the fan, they are nothing if not in it together… This terrific debut recalls John Irving in his prime: eccentric, tragicomic, fearless, and delightful.”
— Kirkus (starred review)
“Record Lows is a new Great American Novel. It’s the story of one small-town New York family during the worst blizzard in a generation—and without giving anything else away, I can promise you’ll be blown away… This book is a marvel.”
— Elin Hilderbrand,
#1 New York Times best-selling author of
The Perfect Couple
“Full of surprises, unexpected humor, and emotional heft, CJ Green’s debut shoots the lights out and refuses to sweep up the glass”
— Patrick Ryan,
New York Times best-selling author of
Buckeye
“Psychologically real and entertainingly bonkers… It’s a story about the secrets we keep even from those closest to us—especially those closest to us—and what happens when those secrets are explosively revealed”
— Nathan Hill,
New York Times best-selling author of
The Nix and Wellness
“A literary page-turner…equal parts heartwarming, pulse-pounding, and emotionally resonant.”
— Kate Christensen,
PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of
The Great Man and Good Company
“A tremendously enjoyable snapshot of a moment and a place and a family coming undone, with dread looming ahead and shocking history lurking behind, quickening your heartbeat and pulling at your heartstrings at the same time.”
— Chris Pavone,
New York Times best-selling author of
The Doorman and The Expats
“CJ Green is a writer of such wisdom, wit, and compassion, and Record Lows is a pure delight—at once intimate and epic, affecting and very funny, and compulsively readable”
— Claire Lombardo,
New York Times best-selling author of
The Most Fun We Ever Had
and Same As It Ever Was
“Fresh, clever and often wickedly funny, CJ Green’s literary debut reads like a snowplow through the expected as it inexorably uncovers one family’s secrets and ‘record lows’ from under the deep freeze.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of
The Paper Palace
“First a family novel, then a crime story, then an increasingly antic thriller, all while also being a thoughtful literary work about morality and faith… It’s a work both gripping (and funny) and beautifully written; an incredible accomplishment, the debut of an exciting new writer.”
— Rumaan Alam,
New York Times best-selling author of
Leave the World Behind
and Entitlement
“Record Lows reminds me in the best way of Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting. Green has the same exuberant grasp of character, the same awareness that everyone has a past and that luck is a goddess not easily appeased. A dazzling and delightful debut.”
— Margot Livesey,
New York Times best-selling author of
The Road from Belhaven