“ For anyone who looks back on the past twenty years of American life and wonders how the hell did we get here, picking up Brian Platzer’s The Body Politic is a good place to start. How many times when reading this novel did I stop and say, ‘Like that, it all felt a lot like that.’
“As a mother of three, this book’s practical road map for helping our kids learn independently is invaluable. This should be a must-read-for-all-parents.”
— Jenna Bush
“Brian Platzer’s first novel is a savvy, heartfelt and utterly engaging examination of gentrification, love, race, ambition, money, parenthood and even faith. A Bonfire of the Vanities for millennials, it is a marvelous, and daring, debut.”
— Alice McDermott, National Book Award winning author of Charming Billy
