"Never grapples with anything less than
life's biggest questions... Lamb clearly aims to be a modern-day Dostoevsky with a pop sensibility."
New York Times Book Review
"Poignant... astonishing... [a] very good book." Washington Post Book World
"Every now and then a book comes along that sets new standards for writers and readers alike. Wally Lamb's latest novel is stunning and even that might be an understatement.... Beautifully written and thought-provoking... it forces readers to examine their own lives and views... This one is a masterpiece." Associated Press
"Thoughtful... heart-wrenching... an exercise in soul-baring storytelling with the soul belonging to 20th-century America itself. It's hard to read and to stop reading, and impossible to forget." USA Today
"A gratifying saga of loss and redemption."
People
"[A] complex, powerful work... [a] tour de force that sweeps the reader along in its swift emotional current . . . a work of astonishing craftsmanship... Read it and weep." St. Louis Post-Dispatch