`A captivating story about family, belonging and home'. * New Books *
`Van Booy charms us with the struggles of this unlikely father-figure'. * Sunday Herald *
'The novel is almost heartbreaking in its expression of the hunger to love and be loved' -- Mary Ellen Quinn * Booklist *
`The moving account of a unique relationship between a parent and child, thrust together under the worst of circumstances. With fine, nuanced prose and much tenderness, Booy guides this unlikely father-daughter pair into a beautiful maturity, showing us with great heart what it really means to be a family' -- Elizabeth Crane, author of The History of Great Things
`Deftly portrays his characters' raw emotions' * Wall Street Journal *
`Van Booy writes with muted unsentimental elegance about the impulses that bind us together' * The Times *
`Tells his stories without affectation, but ever so effectively as a stylist and a devout humanist' * Portland Press Herald *
`The uncanny beauty of Van Booy's prose, and his ability to knife straight to the depths of a character's heart, fill a reader with wonder' * San Francisco Chronicle *
`This is a truly special writer who does things with abstract language that are so evocative and original, your breath literally catches in your chest' * Andre Dubus III *
`From minimalistic sentences he wrings out maximum impact, stripping away artifice and elaboration in favor of stark, emotional clarity and honesty' * Boston Globe *
`Van Booy writes like Hemingway but with more heart' * New Hampshire Public Radio *
