Critical Praise

"[Readers will] be taken with narrator Raybert's vivid and poignant recollection of and reflection on his childhood, and appreciative of the choices Riggs made in bringing it to life."

——Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Refreshingly different . . . Clear-eyed and fair . . . [Riggs] pulls everything together with honesty and grace, the fate of each character seeming both unexpected and inevitable."

——The Charlotte Observer

"Riggs conjures up the mysteries of a mill town summer, vividly depicting the lights and shadows of ordinary events and horrors. . . . [A] deeply satisfying portrait of a troubled family."

——The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A perfect evocation of time and place . . . Jack Riggs has crafted a gem of a novel here–hard and brilliant, it cuts to the bone."

——Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls