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Published Reviews

My Life Map
Complex Mom reviews
To say that reading this book may have caused some sleepless nights and a little hyperventilation on my part is an understatement. Telling someone who is notorious...
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My Life Map
BlogHer.com reviews
When we embark on a trip, we're far more likely to make it to our destination easily if we know our starting point and plan a route to our destination. We plot our...
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Publishers Weekly reviews
Lankford’s third thriller in her Jesus Thief series... is a heady blend of diverse cultures, religions, and human passions ... the story is engaging, and the...
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Going Clear
The Guardian reviews
Some dairy-devoted Americans smuggle hunks of unpasteurised cheese back into their country after holidays in hedonistic ol' Europe. This American engaged in a...
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Night Shadows
Out in Print Book Review reviews
You can’t do better than Jewelle Gomez with one of her classic Gilda vampire stories, “Saint Louis 1990,” or ‘Nathan Burgoine’s deliciously disturbed “Filth,” or...
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The End of the Point
Kirkus Reviews reviews
Kirkus ReviewKirkus Review. (Dec. 15, 2012): Starred Review Graver, Elizabeth THE END OF THE POINT Harper/HarperCollins (Adult Fiction) $25.99 3, 5 ISBN...
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The End of the Point
Booklist reviews
Booklist Graver, Elizabeth (Author) Mar 2013. 352 p. Harper, hardcover, $24.99. (9780062184849).   For generations, the wealthy Porter family has sought...
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The End of the Point
Publishers Weekly reviews
“Graver’s gifts—her control of time, her ability to evoke place and define character—are immense.”  Publishers Weekly
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Expat Info Desk reviews
"a perfect read, engaging and well-thought out":  ExpatInfoDesk.com's book review of my anthology Tales from the Expat Harem "If you’re considering...
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Donald
Indy Week reviews
Nice review of Little Green Pig's production of Donald as a play: "At the center of the minimal but striking set (which was designed by the protean O'Berski), Alex...
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Barbara Ann Mojica's Blog on Wordpress reviews
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The Rumpus reviews
The standout offering, however, is Juliana Piccillo’s “Vice,” an exploration of her relationship with an invasive and needy client that rendered her alternately...
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Austin American-Statesman reviews
First came the Ya-Yas, a tight-knit foursome drenched in Southern charm and grit. Now comes Calla Lily Ponder, who forges her own way in small-town Louisiana, with...
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The Times-Picayune reviews
When readers are invited into novelist Rebecca Wells' Louisiana, they follow as if led by the Pied Piper. Who can resist those moonlit nights, those swimming holes...
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Library Journal, Booklist, more reviews
  "Ava Lark, a divorced Jewish woman, and her 12-year-old son, Lewis, move into a WASPy 1950s Boston suburb only to be ostracized by their neighbors and...
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The Telegraph (newspaper), Calcutta, India reviews
 GYPSY ESCAPADES (Rupa, Rs 250) by William J. Jackson is the story of four friends from different cultures who travel across India — the “land of poverty and...
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Wayworn Wooden Floors
Salty Ink reviews
Wayworn Wooden Floors showcases what Mark Lavorato’s writing style, which is simple and down to earth; he is telling stories but not fluffing them up beyond...
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Classic First Edition of I Made My Boy Out of Poetry featuring art by Gustave Blache III.
Goodreads reviews
This little volume, Aberjhani's first, is brash, bold and daring. The structure is, for me, unusual as it offers a mixture of genres. There are several clusters of...
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The American Poet Who Went Home Again
Amazon Reviews reviews
The American Poet Who Went Home Again will make me do something I never do--I will re-read this soul-exploring book again and maybe again. Going home is never easy...
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The War of the Roses—The Children
Thoughts in Progress reviews
The War of the Roses - The Children by Warren Adler You know how you read a book and wish the author would write a sequel because you’re curious about the...
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