Critical Praise

"Brodie draws on literary traditions, but hides the academic stuff under the flow of smart dialogue and sharp detail. This is a work of craft and imagination."

—Roanoke Times

"In The Widow’s Season, Laura Brodie confronts all the twists and turns of grief and loss, love and marriage, and the human heart with honesty, humor, and great intelligence. This novel is spellbinding, right up to its surprising and poignant final page."

—Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle

"The Widow’s Season” is not only a well-written piece of dramatic fiction, but a mystery and a romance... questions linger like specters through this emotional novel, which is full of twists and turns, until the very last page. "

—Las Vegas Review-Journal

"Brodie expertly walks the line between reality and fantasy, life and death, heartache and love, leaving readers hoping for the best and prepared for the worst --- without ever really knowing the truth --- until the final five pages."

—Publishers Weekly