PositiveAntigravityThere’s a lot going on in this impressive novel ... Nolan has an MFA from the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and it shows in the sheer (and largely realized!) ambition of this novel as well as in her lyrical writing. At first the style seems at odds with her narrator’s background—years of calamities and migration, with little time for reflection. But it also offers a sign of optimism that Beatrice’s flight will someday pause long enough to take a deep breath and tell her tale.
