“[Mitchell] is a special writer, one whose art of poignancy is super-sized.”
“Natha’s realizations are likely familiar to many mid-life readers, who will respond with recognition and understanding to the quiet but profound – and, yes, remarkable – changes that she makes in her ordinary life.”
“An artful and thoughtful treatment of a woman locked in her life by necessity, with fitting references to Anais Nin, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath littered throughout. The novel smartly suggests that women have long endured and survived their experiences via the act of telling their own stories, and, after living a life of silent and staid complicity, Natha ultimately understands that she must do the same to thrive.”