Critical Praise

"Ephron weaves a solid tale of love and betrayal. "

———The Hartford Courant

"Ephron...tells this sentimental tale simply and directly, with an old-fashioned touch that anchors it firmly in its time frame. "

———The Anniston Star

"This book is smooth and seamlessly written with a screenwriter's sure hand for manipulation in short spaces. "

———Los Angeles Times

"Compelling in its tightness but never lacking proper development, this is a sterling novel. "

———Booklist

"Every scene is sharply drawn and immediate....A page-turner from start to finish, Ms. Ephron's spare novel has classic proportions. "

———The West Coast Review of Books

"Ephron brings a sharp edge to this love triangle with shrewdly drawn characters and storytelling as exquisitely sculpted as fine porcelain. "

———Entertainment Weekly

"A little trinket of a story...with pretty period details and an appealing spareness to her prose. "

———The Baltimore Sun

"With deceptive simplicity and appealingly uncluttered prose, novelist and screenwriter Amy Ephron...weaves a morality tale that moves inexorably from mannered start to jarring finish. "

———People