RaveThe New York Journal of BooksScharer’s hypnotic prose seams together a profoundly absorbing, atmospheric novel ... Lyrical, sensual, raw, and heartbreaking, The Age of Light is Scharer’s own masterful portrait of a woman driven by longings, whose passions verge on demons, who thinks it might be safer to live behind the lens but in the end discovers that it isn’t.
Sarah Bird
RaveThe New York Journal of BooksWhile few details are known about the real Cathy Williams, author Sarah Bird weaves a sweeping tale that mixes humor, hope, courage, and gut-churning brutality to bring this forgotten character to life and offer a unique perspective on historical events ... Feisty Cathy is impossible not to like although at times she seems to have an almost superhuman ability to endure physical pain ... With astonishing period detail that transports the reader to Cathy’s brutal world, author Bird has mastered an engaging, folksy, narrative voice and a story brimming with clever descriptive gems ... Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen is a unique story told from a unique point of view that shines an entertaining light on an overlooked piece of history.
