Critical Praise

"A passionate novel about a dancer and her daughter as they rediscover the nature of grace --- within their bodies and their souls. Anna Monardo writes beautifully and vividly about the fusion of love and sorrow, about the mystery of redemption."

——Ursula Hegi, author of Stones from the River

"Falling in Love with Natassia is both an absorbing story and an intimate exploration of the mysterious corners and contradictions of human desire. Anna Monardo distinguishes herself as a major talent, drawing characters whose interior lives are as fully realized as the exquisitely detailed worlds they inhabit. This is that rare novel that is at once epic in its scope and unafraid to plumb its own psychological depths --- in other words, a true work of art."

——Meghan Daum, author of The Quality of Life Report and My Misspent Youth

"Monardo's sentences are as lyrical as those of her debut ..."

——Publishers Weekly