“Written with wonderful originality and biting humor, The Problem with Murmur Lee is about all the things that matter: life, death, love, forgiveness, and the journey toward truth. Its deeply affecting story left me with an aching love for life.” — Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees
“The Problem with Mumur Lee is a brave and beautiful book. It might be called a mystery, but the questions it asks are not who killed or even how or why. The questions Fowler asks are the ones we all ask: What is the meaning of one human life? How do we cope with loss, sorrow, or with our deepest fears? Where she takes us is not to mourning but to celebration. I loved Murmur Lee and will never forget her.”–Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina
“The verdict: Heartbreaking and hilarious . . . . If Fowler’s characters are guilty of anything, they’re guilty of living as close to the edge of heartbreak as they can. Fowler puts into everyday language the notes and chords of Welch and Hooker, along with Lucinda Williams and Edith Piaf. It’s a moving, lyrical feast.” — Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Like the poetry of Baudelaire, or later, Wallace Stevens, Fowler’s lyrical novel uses the nuts and bolts of the everyday world as a way to ruminate about the very nature of consciousness.” — Orlando Sentinel
“A powerful book full of mysticism and wisdom about life, the life ever after, and the wonder of it all.” — Southern Living
“Never sentimental, highly original, it’s a treatise of love and death, on how sorrow can turn into hope and hope into action. With language that is both languid and energized and characters who are not only self-aware but endearingly unique, Fowler’s writing vibrates with good storytelling. More importantly, she shows how one life and one character . . . can leave an impression that is lasting and hauntingly truthful.” — Nashville Scene
