Praise for Self-Assembly
“Beautifully relatable, Katya Andresen doesn’t do tidy lessons. She writes with real honesty about what happens when life stops going as planned and becomes something you didn’t know you needed. I inhaled every word.”
Jennifer Pastiloff, bestselling author of Proof of Life: Let Go, Let Love, and Stop Looking for Permission to Live Your Life
“Raw, vulnerable, and beautifully told, this is a story about the messy, complicated work of continually putting ourselves back together—and the hope that comes from realizing we can. Katya’s story is so relatable and ultimately empowering, reminding us that we are all works in progress.”
Fran Hauser, of bestselling author of Twenty Minutes is the New Hour, The Myth of the Nice Girl, keynote speaker, and owner of Bedford Books
“Self-Assembly is one of those rare memoirs that makes you feel less alone in your own life. Katya Andresen writes with wit and unflinching honesty about building—and rebuilding—herself through war zones and boardrooms, marriage and motherhood, divorce and reinvention. Reading her feels like sitting down with your most clear-eyed friend. If you’ve ever had to reinvent yourself as life changed shape around you, this book will feel as though it was written with you in mind.”
Barbara Becker, author of Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind