'Johnston has written a powerful book. She sensitively examines those themes - of paternity, of reality - that have always been the domain of literature... [Her] literary references never complicate her writing, but illuminate it, creating a rich and perceptive blend of poetry and experience' TLS 04/05/2005 - Times Literary Supplement
,A deceptively simple piece. It is only when you put the book down that you realise how much ground Jennifer Johnston has covered: taking the reader, in a spirit of compassion, towards the very heart of darkness, Sunday Telegraph 20/03/05 - Sunday Telegraph
'Grace and Truth, with its emphasis on the dangerous edge of things (the non-believing bishop, the faithful philanderer), makes a powerful contribution to the literature of the illicit, handling the pungent central issue with sympathy and decorum. Spot-on social observations, which we expect from this author, keep an everyday irony well to the fore. At another level, the novel shows a humane spirit triumphant in the face of the vagaries of humane nature' Independent 25/03/05 - Independent
'This is a carefully crafted story... the structure is masterly, and the writing pungent' Penelope Lively, The Sunday Times 20/03/05 - The Sunday Times (Penelope Lively)
'Johnston was courageous in choosing the glitzy world of the luvvies as her standpoint for such a dark-centred tale, and it works
