Lidia Yuknavitch burns through sex, art, and war

* Vanity Fair *

Explosive . . . with a vital intensity that grabs at the gutstrings

* Los Angeles Times *

Beautifully examines the fractures of loss and the myriad ways we can recover from it . . . A wild ride

* Huffington Post *

I have never felt so wrung out by a novel and yet simultaneously invigorated . . . A terrifically good novel and powerfully written

* Paris Review *

[An example] of thrilling storytelling with universal appeal

* Entertainment Weekly *

This is a novel for the bold of heart

* New York Journal of Books *

Masterful . . . Promises to stay on the skin long after the reader has turned the last page . . . Tightly wound, pacy and provocative

* Irish Independent *