Critical Praise

" In deceptively quiet, guileless prose, she has described the mind numbing routine of child-care and the fraught, complex relations of men and women. Only Margaret Atwood (in Cat's Eye) has written as knowingly about the frienship between women. Emotionally wrenching, beautifully realized work. "-The New York Times"An ambitious and original novel...The author's determination not to tie things up is refreshing. "-Wall Street Journal"A rich, textured exploration of misfortune and its consequences: a book that will reward any reader willing to go slow and absorb its course. "-Kirkus

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