“Marvelous, spiritually charged fiction, an example of the contemporary American novel at its best.” —Christopher Tilghman, The Los Angeles Times Book Review
“A haunting tale . . . Ivy Slovak's life is not one a reader will soon forget.” —Roxanna Robinson, The New York Times Book Review
“Morris's novel joins a rich literary tradition of women who, in the absence of mothers, flounder in their search for womanhood, who are fused to phantoms they fear they will never shake off.” —Barbara Lazear Ascher, The Washington Post Book World
“A quiet celebration of motherhood--and fatherhood, too. Told in eloquent, vivid snatches, it's a fast-paced yet deeply moral story that stimulates and satisfies the mind, emotions, and imagination.” —Jean Patterson, Orlando Sentinel
“A mother's coming of age novel...Morris is too accomplished to write a surface account . . . [She] goes deeper to explore love and loss and coming to terms with one's past.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
“One gutsy woman and one fantastic writer.” —Louise Bernikow, Cosmopoliltan
“Morris here creates a sensitive, intriguing, and touching portrait of a single mother struggling with eternal issues that are given a timely twist.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Morris inhabits Ivy with an intensity and clarity of vision that makes this a story at once tough, sad, and honest, yet at the same time hauntingly beautiful.” —Stuart Dybek
“Morris delves into the ordeal of motherhood and penetrates its mysteries. On view here is the mastery of a writer in her prime, revealed in the palpable restraint of the writing and the hypnotic tempo of a commanding story.” —Booklist
“Morris perfectly captures the strains of solo child rearing. And she celebrates the ability of a woman to navigate without a mate, creating alternative forms of solace and power.” —New Woman
“Morris's novel joins a rich literary tradition of women who, in the absence of mothers, flounder in their search for womanhood, who are fused to phantoms they fear they will never shake off.” —Barbara Lazear Ascher, The Washington Post Book World
