Wonderful - rich, intelligent and moving ... this is the fiction we need

Los Angeles Times

Miller depicts her characters with grace and elegance, enriching their perceptions with strands of connecting images and intertwined history ... A very moving book

New York Times Book Review

As in the work of Jane Austen, Sue Miller's tale of a proud elderly woman who visits and bedevils her son is genuinely adult fiction

Chicago Tribune

Miller's skill at dissecting relationships is as well honed here as ever

Newsweek

An intelligent, moving distillation of the lingering estrangements - and old wounds - that fester in families as the time runs out for forgiveness ... Overflowing with ideas, insights, and fine-tuned emotions. The bestselling Miller illumines, as few storytellers can, the wrenching muddle most families make of their lives.

Kirkus Reviews