RaveNewsweekLoving well and writing well are interdependent in this novel, which is often the opposite of truth in real life, and yet it makes for a fully satisfying, emotionally weighted trip ... [a] dear and satisfying novel ... There is something so heartening about Casey, about her commitment to her art and her integrity in life. There’s also something so familiar about the elements that get in her way ... it is the kind of novel that inspires us to tread more sturdily toward our own dreams. It is the kind of novel that gives us hope.
Ann Napolitano
RaveNewsdayFor a reader to develop such emotional connection to as many people as you do in this novel, to know their hearts and their flaws, is almost impossibly satisfying ... Napolitano’s humanity and love of her characters renders each of these people whole and complex ... Napolitano explores the deepest question there is, the one that Job himself struggled to understand — \'Why me, Lord?\' — and provides a solid and satisfying answer ... such an optimistic diversion that you might not even notice how important and finely made it is. Never soppy, the novel provides pitch-perfect understanding of human vulnerabilities. When you’re reading, you’re deep in the pleasure of good storytelling, but when you’re done, you know that you’ve experienced a brush with literary virtuosity.
