Andrea Barrett is in a class by herself. A near-perfect equipoise between smooth storytelling and the suggestion of larger truths
Newsday
Few writers have mastered the historical novel as [Barrett] has... Her re-creation of time and place remains glittering
The Times
This is a meticulously researched novel, and provides an edifying glimpse into an odd, static world during a period when the world outside was anything but static
Daily Telegraph
Andrea Barrett is in a class by herself. A near-perfect equipoise between smooth storytelling and the suggestion of larger truths
Newsday
Few writers have mastered the historical novel as [Barrett] has... Her re-creation of time and place remains glittering
The Times
This is a meticulously researched novel, and provides an edifying glimpse into an odd, static world during a period when the world outside was anything but static
Daily Telegraph
Andrea Barrett is in a class by herself. A near-perfect equipoise between smooth storytelling and the suggestion of larger truths
Newsday
Few writers have mastered the historical novel as [Barrett] has... Her re-creation of time and place remains glittering
The Times
This is a meticulously researched novel, and provides an edifying glimpse into an odd, static world during a period when the world outside was anything but static