PositivePittsburgh Post-GazetteAn endearing journey of romance, time, faith, human migration, war, resilience, ever-enduring hope, addiction, tragedy and a love that is unconditional and seemingly bound eternal through nearly a hundred years of lived experiences ... Hemon’s writing is both gripping and lucid. He creates this work around such meticulous texture that the reader can stand alongside Pinto, and feel the cities as if they were with him ... This story is interrupted, rather abruptly at times, by interjections of Hemon’s personal foray into the research for some of his characters and the reality of the events that surround the fictionalized aspects of his narrative. It became apparent throughout this book that some of the characters you are reading about are based on real people, whose existences serve as the template to his story and are revealed more fully through a rather honest and forthright epilogue. These brief interjections were a bit distracting, as they obstructed the book’s pace and otherwise marvelous storytelling.
