Praise for Union Street
"A first-rate first novel . . . pungent, raunchy dialogue . . . passages of fine understated wit." --Ivan Gold, The New York Times Book Review
"The novel's point is life, and how rich and hard it is, and the different ways people have of toughing it through the pain without being crushed." --Meredith Tax, The Village Voice
Praise for Blow Your House Down
"A courageous and disturbing novel." --Elizabeth Ward, Washington Post Book World
"Swift, spare, and utterly absorbing . . . [Barker] makes us see her characters from within, as they see themselves, and thereby reveals the full individuality and humanity of women who have got short shrift both in literature and in life." --Katha Pollitt, The New York Times Book Review
