Critical Praise

"Mewshaw channels Aeschylus by way of Jerry Springer in this tale of three grown children reluctantly reunited to deal with the age-old question, ‘What to do about Mom?’... Mewshaw limns a macabre and mordantly satisfying satire of dysfunctional families."

—Booklist

"An impeccable eleventh novel... which plumbs the depths of one dysfunctional Maryland family’s misery."

—Texas Monthly

"Darkly expressive, supplying unnerving comic moments and unexpected twists...Mewshaw waxes poetic throughout while keeping the story moving forward to its shocking conclusion."

—Publishers Weekly