Reviews
“The situations [Berne] creates are so compelling—and so disturbingly familiar—that it’s hard not to be drawn in when everyone’s secrets begin to unravel.” —The Boston Globe
“Right away . . . you know her story and her style are going to be worth your time and hers—and you are hooked.”—USA Today
A "taut psychological drama...Berne takes an inherently dramatic conflict—one sister's intention to obfuscate the hard truths of the past vs. another's determination to drag them under a spotlight—and ratchets up the stakes with astute observation and narrative cunning."
—Publishers Weekly
"Delicious. . . . Berne turns a witty tale of holiday dysfunction into a transfixing borderline gothic, her appealing heroine into an unreliable narrator seething with decades-old resentment. Grade: A."
—Entertainment Weekly
"A witty, moving and psychologically astute story about siblings and the disparate ways they remember common experiences from childhood. . . . Wholly engaging, the perfect spark for launching a rich conversation around your own table once the dishes have been cleared."
—Washington Post Book World
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