"The gorgeous writing, vivid setting, compelling characters, and engrossing story aren't even the best parts of this novel. Instead, I just keep marveling at how Jess Walter takes events from history to illuminate our present while keeping them rooted in their own time, from the labor movement to class, race, and gender equality and civil rights issues, to protests and freedom of speech. The northwest in 1909 has never been so relevant.
Beautiful Ruins was a hard act to follow but, amazingly, Walter manages it with aplomb."
--Ariana Paliobagis, Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT
