"The best memoirs are those in which you connect with the world by connecting with one life. An Alphabetical Life is one of those. It is a powerful and poignant book."

 --Michael Connelly
Author of The Closers

"For those who love the power of words and the personal value of books, An Alphabetical Life is a must read. Wendy Werris is a gifted writer -- you can actually smell the bookshelves and feel the pages. Against this rich backdrop is the tale of a remarkably courageous woman, a story of metamorphosis, a tale of passion and reflection."

"Wendy Werris has written a corker of a book: a memoir that is a brave, honest, and thoroughly engaging narrative of her coming of age in the book business in 1970s Los Angeles and beyond . . . (she) has blazed a trial with her new book and become the poet laureate of publisher's reps."

"A profoundly moving and endlessly entertaining book where love illuminates every line - a young woman's love for writers and writing, a Sixties kid's love for her home town (Los Angeles) and, above all, a daughter's love for her father. Grips you from the first line and stays in your memory long after you have closed the final page. A quiet,
brutally honest masterpiece."