“Hammes brings his three fractious main characters to riotous life and turns their reunion into a life-changing journey that proves Jonah’s insightful assertion that a sibling is “like a part of yourself you can never really know.” This reads like a clever mash-up of Jonathan Tropper’s This Is Where I Leave You, Romain Gary’s The Roots of Heaven, and Paddy Chayefsky’s Altered States, and delivers thrills while finding empathy for the cast’s troubled souls.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Lovers of character-driven fiction are in for a treat with this debut, which invites them to care about the Brennan siblings and to fully invest in their individual and shared stories, which intertwine in surprising ways.”
— Booklist
“The Resolutions…races at a high, enjoyable speed…Drugs, extramarital affairs, murder and smuggling wriggle their way into stories about finding a true course, stories wrapped up in ambition, desire and fear. Each of the three points of view [is] distinctive, and Hammes nimbly works to ensure that these separate stories resonate with one another.”
— NewCity Lit
“This smartly-written tale of three dysfunctional siblings in trouble is fast-paced, witty, and engaging—full of wry wit and insight into the bonds between brothers and sisters. Brady Hammes is an exciting new talent.”
— Dan Chaon, New York Times bestselling author of Ill Will
“A vivid literary thrill ride that adroitly connects D-list Hollywood, Russian ballet, Gabonese elephant conservation, Christmas, drug addiction, and adult siblinghood’s awkward first steps. Take the journey. The pages will fly by.”
— Matthew Quick, New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook and The Reason You’re Alive
“A harrowing tale of three far-flung siblings in crisis, The Resolutions is ultimately a sustained celebration of family in a chaotic world. With assured prose and compassion, Brady Hammes has crafted a debut as wise as it is engaging.”
— Smith Henderson, author of Fourth of July Creek
“The Resolutions is touching and thrilling in the most unexpected ways as two brothers, one an out of work actor, the other a research scientist in Africa, different as Cain and Abel, join forces to save their sister, a ballerina whose addiction to heroin is killing her. Taking you from a Russian dance campus to the poacher-riddled thick of Gabon, The Resolutions will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, wanting to call your family to say you love them. And to tell them you know exactly what they should read next.”
— Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of At the Water’s Edge
“Brady Hammes makes a wonderfully diverse trio of siblings utterly convincing and their story utterly absorbing. The Resolutions is an imaginative and engrossing novel from a splendid new writer. ”
— Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain