RaveLibrary JournalTender but assured ... The characters are crisply written and engaging.
Stephen King
RaveLibrary JournalKing explains in an afterword to the collection that short stories are hard for him to write, but readers will be thrilled by these tales.
Parini Shroff
RaveLibrary JournalShroff’s debut novel is at once immensely sad—women want Geeta to help them get revenge on rapists and even a husband who threw acid on his wife’s face—but it has laugh-out-loud moments too, as the women learn to stand up to the men in their village, and Geeta forms a relationship with a good man and learns to make friends ... This is a deeply human book, with women surviving and overcoming in their culture while still remaining a part of it.
Ann Mah
PositiveLibrary JournalMah entrances with her descriptions of France, its food, and its scenery. Jacqueline’s awakening and understanding of the political world around her adds depth to this novel, taking it beyond the romance between Jacqueline and Marquand. The novel is also rich with historic detail, but the author does conflate several living people into composite characters; she notes where this was done ... Readers, especially those fascinated by all things Kennedy, will enjoy.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
RaveLibrary JournalEven non-tennis-playing readers will root hard for her to win, then cheer even harder for her to discover who she is without the sport ... Reid has written another knockout of a book. Public libraries will need multiple copies.
Louis Bayard
RaveLibrary JournalBayard is a master of historical fiction; this exquisite book is no exception. This is a love triangle in which the future president is tragically incapable of fully returning the love given to him by both Jackie and Lem. A necessary purchase for public libraries.
