RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewEven with a handful of compelling plots in the air, King is at her wisest and most self-assured when she shows how Casey gradually gets her bearings as a motherless daughter: one step forward, two steps back. Losing a parent at any age is the pits, but being the first of your friends to go through it—to be the one writing a eulogy when everyone else is writing wedding vows—is its own fresh hell. Writers & Lovers bravely traverses that pain ... After a while, I didn’t bother to dog-ear anymore; I just held the book open and let my tears fall on the page. I’m not talking crying-emoji tears; I mean actual sobs, the most cathartic kind ... a story where absence is a constant presence, stitched with humor, determination and hope.
