“Gritty, funny, moving, horrific, outrageous—and, above all, fearlessly honest… ultimately a joyous story.”-Newsday
Decidedly unfaint-hearted… Marion Winik is resilient, hardy, unfazable; this self-described suburban wannabe is a frontier woman in disguise.”- The New York Times Book Review
“A true story stripped of fine writing or cheap analysis…. I won’t be the only reader who can’t put it down.”- San Francisco Chronicle
“Beautiful… intense and intimate.”- Washington Post Book World