“Heartbreaking . . . compelling . . . The story carries you like a slow, implaccable current.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“A fluid, fun read–a story of self-discovery told my a woman haunted by female forebears while struggling to learn love . . . A work of accomplished introspection.” — Philadelphia Inquirer
“The story of a woman’s struggle to make sense of her family history, the novel combines salt-of-the-earth prose with sweeping lyricism and adds a dash of the magical.” — Chicago Tribune
“A magical tale . . . Reminiscent of the magical realism in the work of such South American novelists as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende as well as in the work of Florida novelist and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. . . . The whole novel is a journey, a tale of connecting beginnings, of being brave enough to look clearly at where and from whom we come, and of accepting and celebrating our individual heritage. . . . A wonderful book.” — Florida Times-Union
“What if you combine Amy Tam, a novelist well known for multi-cultural, multi-generational family sagas, with Zora Neale Hurston and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, writers noted for rich, lyrical descriptions of their native state of Florida? The composite would surely be an exciting young author by the name of Connie May Fowler.” — Birmingham News
