"Schaitkin’s writing is transcendent. Elsewhere takes the visceral experience of motherhood―all its private joys, invisible fears, personal losses, and vague sensations of being judged―and turns it inside out, weaving each element into a dark fairy tale that is wise, gorgeous, and deeply moving."
―Ali Benjamin, author of The Smash-Up

“Elsewhere is among my favorite novels of the last decade. There’s an eerie, gorgeous magic to Schaitkin’s vision that’s related to the magic of Kazuo Ishiguro and Shirley Jackson but also entirely her own. I hadn’t realized how much it would mean to me to witness an intelligence this fierce and singular, a capacity for feeling this deep, and a gift for language this extraordinary all trained on the subject of motherhood in all its wonder and strangeness.”
―Clare Beams, author of The Illness Lesson

"Elaborately imagined, ethereally detailed...In a complete departure from her debut, Saint X (2020), Schaitkin’s sophomore novel is a fabulist narrative with Shirley Jackson overtones and Margaret Atwood themes."
―Kirkus

"Schaitkin (Saint X) returns with...great substance by digging into the complicated feelings brought on by motherhood and the judgments from others, all the while delineating the mothers’ utter joy, frustrations, and love for their children. This is a standout."
―Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

"Schaitkin (Saint X, 2020) has written a compelling, poetic, and chilling novel that examines fate and fear."
―Booklist, STARRED Review

"A simply stunning work of speculative fiction. The prose is as magical as the haunting world Schaitkin creates; the story is as captivating as the prose; the characters, the imagery―flawless. The novel has social commentary and thematic strength to boot."
―Library Journal, STARRED Review

“This is a fascinating speculative novel about the life-altering experience of motherhood that reminded me both of Shirley Jackson’s short story 'The Lottery' and Ursula K. Le Guin’s 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.' The audiobook narrated by Ell Potter is riveting.”
―Buzzfeed News, "20 Amazing New Science Fiction And Fantasy Beach Reads"

“Drawing comparisons to Shirley Jackson and Margaret Atwood, Alexis Schaitkin’s Elsewhere centers on Vera, a young woman who has grown up in an isolated, mysterious town where mothers often vanish into thin air.”
―Bustle, "The Most Anticipated Books Of June 2022"

“This exquisitely written work of speculative fiction has been called Shirley Jackson’s 'The Lottery' meets Margaret Atwood, and it’s one you’ll be thinking about long after its final sentence.”
―Apartment Therapy, "If You’re Going to Read One Book In June, Make It This One“

"Beautiful writing and a serious consideration of womanhood and girlhood through a gripping story."
―Glamour Magazine