Sorry to Disrupt the Peace

Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
	First edition
Author	Patrick Cottrell
Publisher	McSweeney's
Publication date	2017

Last updated March 30, 2025

Sorry to Disrupt the Peace is a 2017 novel by American writer Patrick Cottrell.^[1] It concerns a woman, Helen, who lives in New York City but who returns to her home state of Wisconsin after the suicide of her adopted brother. The novel received positive reviews from critics.^[2] Cottrell has stressed that the novel is not autobiographical.^[3]

References

↑ Scott McNamara, Nathan (March 15, 2017). "The Waterfall Coping Strategy: Patty Yumi Cottrell's "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
↑ "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace". LitHub. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
↑ Lea, Richard (May 18, 2017). "Patty Yumi Cottrell: 'I'm not trying to hide anything – the novel is not a memoir'". The Guardian. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

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[1] Scott McNamara, Nathan (March 15, 2017). "The Waterfall Coping Strategy: Patty Yumi Cottrell's "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[2] "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace". LitHub. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[3] Lea, Richard (May 18, 2017). "Patty Yumi Cottrell: 'I'm not trying to hide anything – the novel is not a memoir'". The Guardian. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

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