RaveLibrary Journal[Schiff\'s] impressive research is on par with the exquisite writing style with which she relates the details of the Nabokovs\' lives ... Insights into the character of \'V.N.,\' as Vera lovingly called her husband, are included, but center stage in this riveting portrait belongs to Vera, whose genius equaled her husband\'s but who tenaciously embraced what she saw as her role in life, to \'help him.\'
