“Sakinah Hofler’s Stable does what writing almost never can—presents for inspection the overwhelming simultaneity of real consciousness. Though language demands order, cardinality, Hofler's brilliance is in rendering prose that captures the pulverizing all-at-once-ness of our desperate moment. Hofler’s characters all speak in ferociously eccentric, deliciously observed detail. And their crises seem to orbit them, forming Benjaminian auras somehow both built from, and irreducible to, language. It’s dexterous magic I associate with the most powerful writers. With Stable, Hofler emerges as a major, major talent.”
—Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!

“With her daring and breathtaking debut novel, Sakinah Hofler has given us the seemingly impossible: an artfully crafted story that is both horrific and hopeful. Stable is a marvel, and I am holding these characters in my heart.”
—Deesha Philyaw, author of The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman

“This book is impossible to put down. With an engaging voice and rapid pace, Sakinah Hofler grabs the reader by the sleeve and pulls them along from the first page to the last. A bracing story of resilience—I found myself shaking my head at and rooting for one of the most realistic characters I've ever seen. Buy a copy of Stable for everyone you know. They will thank you.”
—Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of The American Daughters

“Sakinah Hofler's Stable is haunting and harrowing. When the foster system fails a bright teenager who longs for a home, she ends up trafficked. Her pimp—the father of her beloved child—is unrelenting, putting them into ever greater peril. Her deep love for her daughter gives her the courage to seek a way out. An unflinching debut.”
—Vanessa Hua, author of Coyoteland