Critical Praise

"Wonderful . . . words glide through her fingers and enter the pores like cool San Francisco fog. "

——Kim Bendheim The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Brilliant in its authenticity and overwhelming passion. "

——Mary—Ann Tirone Smith Boston Globe Book Review

"A trip that takes the reader though stunning emotional terrain. "

——The New Yorker

"Mesmerizing . . . told with great assurance and power . . . Ms. Egan portrays the sisters with a quiet, heartbreaking Clarity. "

——Alice Truax The New York Times Book Review

" If there were justice in this world, no one would be allowed to write a first novel of such beauty and accomplishment. "

——Pat Conroy