Bach, sculpture, plastic surgery, public speaking and a New York love story like no other - this is Lucy Ellmann's most extraordinary work of art to date

Lucy Ellman has fashioned a quirkily distinctive voice mixing righteous rage with laugh-out-loud humour. Mimi finds her on top form, couching in whimsical wit a provocative riff on romance and feminism, explored unusually from a male perspective ... It's all flighty enough to make a Wes Anderson film look like gritty realism -- Malcolm Jack List I am bowled over by Mimi Susannah Clapp In what is surely an early contender for 2013's Book of the Year, Lucy Ellmann once again turns the comic novel into a work of the highest art ... Ellmann's sharp, funny, clever Manhattan tale ... If Mimi is about anything, it is about family, sisters and female power, all wrapped up in a fairy tale where every word works magic to show a superlative comic novel embodying tragedy and all the human emotions. It may be Ellmann's finest novel yet -- Lesley McDowell Herald A modern love story that packs a punch. This is the ultimate love story of our age ... The antithesis of all the cliched romances of contemporary novels and films ... A feminist text disguised as a page-turning novel ... Fans of Caitlin Moran will find the Valentine's Day chapter in particular a real distillation of feminism for our time, perfectly masquerading as a story that will have you laughing at every other page ... Some beautiful and original writing. Mimi doesn't just set out ideals, it also offers great advice and terrific phrases ... Ellmann's first book in six years is a triumph for feminism, and deserves to become a classic -- Emma Herdman Psychologies