RaveThe Washington Independent Review of Books...magnificent ... The author does a great job of inhabiting Elizabeth through a narrative voice that borders on — but does not efface — the main character’s voice. Wieland employs a present-tense narration that keeps readers close to the action, both exterior and interior. In dialogue, private utterances, and thoughts, she avoids quotation marks, softening the border between narrator and characters. A quality of understatement generates unusual energy ... what [Wieland] has done here — in scope, craft, and sensitivity — is superb.