RaveColumbia MagazineDebut novelist Woody Brown ’24SOA knows his material well. Like Walter and Jorge, he is autistic ... His ability to articulate the inner lives, the enormous frustrations, and the very real dreams of characters who are constantly underestimated by society is stunning and eye-opening ... But Brown is far more than a megaphone for the disabled community ... Being a human — any human — is complex and challenging and joyful and tragic in countless ways. And everyone, as Brown’s novel seems to scream, deserves a voice.
Clare Beams
PositiveColumbia Magazine... haunting ... Beams has proved adept at conjuring a macabre, slightly off-kilter world. Those elements are on display in this book, too, but it is unsettling to realize that the most troubling details are rooted not in fiction but historical facts. Beams deals with them unflinchingly, creating a feminist parable that, while often difficult to read, is deeply worthwhile.
