Has the effect of pressing your hand to a barbed live wire. April’s is one of the most memorable voices I’ve encountered in recent fiction: insouciant, observant, endlessly curious ... Sardonic, lacerating wit and Hudes’s brilliant depiction of a woman learning to transform her rage into something resembling transcendence.
Hudes tells a complicated story of womanhood and the built-up rage it takes to break down harmful generational cycles ... Hudes’s writing is lyrical, violent and raw ... A complex story that is entirely morally gray. It is a story of reclamation, but also of sacrifice and the good, the bad and the ugly that can come from finding yourself.
Hudes’ talent as a dramatist is on display in the interaction and movement between her characters, yet heightened by the interiority a novel can offer. A rich and startling feat of imagination.
Expansive, surprising ... An epic and astonishing journey of self-discovery ... Delightful, unpredictable, and often harrowing, this mother-daughter tale of growing and learning will keep any reader riveted.
