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Rachel Howard
Rave The Associated Press With breathtaking brevity, Rachel Howard’s debut novel, The Risk of Us, illuminates the joys, challenges, fears and frustrations of adopting a foster child. And while she delves into the minutiae of \'the system\' and the differences of opinion about parenting styles, her deceptively thin volume is about much more than plunging into parenthood. Howard masterfully illuminates how parenthood manages to bend even the most solid of marriages and expose insecurities about past relationships, including those from childhood ... Howard’s writing has a unique rhythm that feels choppy, even disjointed at first, but as the reader adjusts, her phrasing and word choices make each page sing. Not a single word is wasted here. There’s no bloat. Her writing is spare and elegant, yet it beautifully conveys intensity and emotional depth ... a simply gorgeous story.
T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong
Positive Associated Press ...an important piece of journalism ... The authors' exhaustive research brings to life not only Marie and other victims, but also the police and other authorities who are devastated by their own mistakes. Miller and Armstrong make it clear that no statistics are known about how many women lie about being raped. But at least three other women in addition to Marie have been criminally prosecuted for it since the mid-1990s. Even in the relatively enlightened 21st century, A False Report reminds us there is no standard response to trauma.
Chloe Benjamin
Rave The Associated Press To describe Chloe Benjamin's second novel, The Immortalists, as a story about the evolution of a family would be true, but wholly insignificant for the breadth and depth of this amazing work of fiction ... Benjamin unfurls a dense, yet beautifully spun and satisfying tale that spans 50 years and goes from New York to San Francisco and back ... Begin 2018 with the book that could easily retain the year's top spot, The Immortalists is a can't-put-down, makes-you-think tale of a not-so-average American family.
Chloe Benjamin
Rave The Associated Press To describe Chloe Benjamin's second novel, The Immortalists, as a story about the evolution of a family would be true, but wholly insignificant for the breadth and depth of this amazing work of fiction … Benjamin unfurls a dense, yet beautifully spun and satisfying tale that spans 50 years and goes from New York to San Francisco and back. The children grow up and grow old; they find love and suffer loss; and, throughout the years, they live with the knowledge — true or not — of when they'll die … The Immortalists is a can't-put-down, makes-you-think tale of a not-so-average American family.
Jason Fagone
Rave The Associated Press Journalist Jason Fagone recreates a world and a cast of characters so utterly fascinating they will inhabit the psyches of its readers long after the book has been read … Fagone chronicles the couple’s lives and accomplishments against the backdrop of the birth and growth of the modern intelligence community. His research is exhaustive and his storytelling, spellbinding … Fagone sheds light on a too-long-overlooked story of a remarkable woman and her accomplishments.