"As
resonant as a blues song . . . Expect miracles when you read Ann
Patchett's fiction."
--The New York Times Book Review
"A MOVING EMBLEM OF
FATHERHOOD'S RARELY EXPLORED PASSION."
--Los Angeles Times
"Patchett writes with
remarkable conviction and attention to telling detail. . . .
[She] is excellent at portraying the steady love and interest
that holds the family members together, even though that love
and interest isn't always successful in preserving the members
from danger."
--JANE SMILEY
Mirabella
"The Patron Saint of Liars is a
remarkable novel; Taft is even better. Comparisons are tempting:
to the unabashed romanticism of Laurie Colwin, the eccentric
characters of Anne Tyler, the enchantments of Alice Hoffman. But
Ann Patchett is unique: a generous, fearless, and startlingly
wise young writer."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Absorbing . . . Strikingly
original."
--Kirkus Reviews
