Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News
"A wacky, touching, and totally charming dark comedy that gives a whole new meaning to ‘coming-of-age story.’"

Book Description
Winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire’s Kimberly Akimbo focuses, with uncanny depth and quirky wit, on a sixteen-year-old girl suffering from a disease that causes her body to age nearly five times faster than it should.

About the Author
David Lindsay-Abaire is the author of Fuddy Meers and Wonder of the World (both available from Overlook).

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire's Kimberly Akimbo focuses, with uncanny depth and quirky wit, on a sixteen-year-old girl suffering from a disease that causes her body to age nearly five times faster than it should.