“With perfect pitch and no trace of sentimentality, Prose . . . lands on the precise emotional key for this novel . . . allowing humor and compassion to seep through the cracks of an otherwise dark tale.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Ms. Prose is perceptive. . . . Her modest-sounding book turns out to be beautifully wrought.... and yields an unexpectedly rich, tart, eye-opening sense of Nico’s world.” — New York Times
“With a dazzling mix of directness and metaphor, Prose captures the centrifugal and isolating force of grief...Prose exquisitely renders her characters’ grief and bafflement.” — Los Angeles Times
“Arguably, “Goldengrove” is her best book yet.” — Seattle Times
“Prose locates the life force that gives her narrator the quirky, irreverent but undeniable sound of a survivor. . . . Prose is tremendously skilled.” — Chicago Tribune
“Francine Prose’s new novel is a quiet, clear-eyed, sun-dappled eulogy to lost youth, and a youth lost. . . . [Prose is ] a keen chronicler of human emotion.” — Elle
“A page-turner, thanks to its wholly identifiable, and perfectly flawed, young heroine. A-” — Entertainment Weekly
“A beautiful narrative that defines resilience as the sometimes heartbreaking act of simply living” — Redbook Magazine
“A poignant account of growing up amid sorrow...a tender and moving story of adolescent love.” — Hartford Courant
“Prose holds up a mirror to grief and family life we can’t look away from, revealing their truths on page after page, in beautifully crafted writing.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Prose’s skillful rendering of the human ability to accept hard truths and move on is a poignant lesson for us all.” — Miami Herald
“Insightful, lyrical... “Goldengrove” is beautifully and simply written...a moving portrait of the search for identity through a landscape of pain and loss.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Beautifully crafted...perhaps her most emotionally satisfying novel.” — Christian Science Monitor
“An exploration of the fragility of adolescent identity and the perilous undertow of grief” — O magazine
“Prose creates characters with real flaws that make the reader both love and hate them. It is easy to put oneself in the position of any of the players...” — Deseret Morning News
“Deeply touching and absorbing...” — Publishers Weekly
“...emotionally authentic...a ravishing novel of the mystery of death and life’s assertion.” — Booklist (starred review)