[4] She went on to receive master's degrees in creative writing from University of California, Davis and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
[2] Rachel Khong wrote that the book argues that "the everyday matters—how unspectacular moments can transcend their confines, how miraculous the ordinary can be" in the New York Times.
[17] In an interview with Sanjena Santhian for The Millions, she said the novel began as a short story that she wrote for a class with Ethan Canin at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
[24] However, it received a slew of negative reviews, including from Publishers Weekly, which wrote that the book "tediously unfolds" and "there’s not enough to hold readers' interest.
"[25] Kuznetsova has also published books reviews and other nonfiction, including essays in Slate about her experience having a miscarriage[26] and postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter.