“A wonderful novel. . . . Very moving and very funny.” —The Washington Post Book World
“A comic novel with a dark and thoughtful edge, which is the mark of all good comedy. There is enough absurdity and energetic plotting here, enough incongruity and haplessness to keep the laughs coming.” —Chicago Tribune
“Amick displays myriad gifts throughout, creating a believable, heartfelt fictional world and ambitiously introducing a symphonic arrangement of stories. . . . It’s a summer well spent in Amick’s amiable company.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“The last writer to celebrate the charms of rural Michigan with equal panache was probably Ernest Hemingway.” —Los Angeles Times
