Critical Praise

"At first glance, Deep in the Heart has abortion as its topic, but upon deeper investigation, it unleashes the less sensational, more monumental Pandora's box of motherhood. Sharon Oard Warner's characters defy the simple alternatives of pro-life or pro-choice; rather, their author insists on new, truer labels that apply to us one and all. "

——Antonya Nelson, author of Living to Tell

"Deep in the Heart is a stunning novel. Sharon Oard Warner accomplishes the magical act of making each mundane life significant, each small pain or pleasure alarmingly real, each sentence a marvelous achievement. Deep in the Heart is a novel one can finish but never walk away from, a superbly crafted story that will keep reading itself to you for a long time. "

——Louis Owens, author of Nightland