Critical Praise

"Gaylord has delivered a story that’s ripe with acute and wry observations on men and women, competition, sexuality, and secrets."

—Library Journal

"The complicated web of loyalties, attraction, competition and camaraderie [in Hummingbirds] provides much tension as things play out --- but not in an expected way…Gaylord’s tale of overeducated men and the teenage students who exhibit the finesse and understanding their teachers lack hits all the right notes."

—Publishers Weekly

"Provocative and well written."

—People

"[A] winning debut…Lush language…A very grown-up novel about adolescence and the folly of adults, by an impressive new voice in American fiction."

—Kirkus Reviews