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Great writing, poignancy, humor, wisdom all are in abundance here. *
Award-winning novelist Jill McCorkle takes us on a journey through time and memory as the residents of a close-knit community demonstrate that grace and magic can and do appear when we least expect them. From twelve-year-old Abby to eighty-five-year-old Sadie, they prove our capacity for self-discovery, second chances, and hope at any age.
Illuminating, reassuring, and enlarging our understanding of the crossing from this world to the next, her novel sings with the mystical, the magical and the fragility of this thing called life. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
McCorkle s masterful microcosm invokes profound sadness, harsh insight and guffaws, often on the same page. Kirkus Reviews
Great . . . Sharply real. Entertainment Weekly
Clever, bighearted, and wise. Vanity Fair
The elderly residents of Pine Haven live and yearn and challenge one another with an exuberance that jumps off the page. The New York Times
This is grown-up fun. Deep pleasure for smart people. And it is beautiful all the way. Richard Bausch, author of Peace
A powerful gift for dialogue has always animated Jill McCorkle s fiction, and here we hear some astonishing voices . . . As readers, we feel honored to witness their passages. The Boston Globe
A story and characters that readers won t soon forget. Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jill McCorkle is one of the South s greatest writers; she is also one of America s. *Ron Rash, author of Nothing Gold Can Stay
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