Heart, You Bully, You Punk describes the mysterious, unpredictable, even mutinous ways people's hearts mess with their lives...packed with detail...a lively, thoughtful pleasure.

Esker is the kind of broken soul you root for, and Cohen's wistful novel evokes the intense vulnerability of love and the shattering pain of loss.

Beguilingly cheerful and alive to the nuances of pain...[the novel] has enormous emotional scope and frequent astonishing insights.

Insightful, charming, quirky, beautifully written...it's a testament to Cohen's skill that the novel - despite the stubborn and seemingly self-defeating will of the protagonists - delivers a dessert course in emotional truth that will leave the reader longing for more. Cohen is a writer to watch.

A Booksense 76 pick