“Compelling characters…not to mention the evocative descriptions of Ship’s ‘miracle hearing’…hold the reader’s interest to the end.” — Publishers Weekly
“Explores the pain-drenched life of an emotionally fragile family…a compelling novel.” — Elle
“...Ship Sooner somehow captures the dimly remembered child sense of the world…What an accomplishment.” — David Mamet
“Sullivan has created the quintessential metaphor for a coming of age tale…Ship Sooner is that rare novel with perfect pitch.” — Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper
“Mary Sullivan gives us a protagonist we can’t help but love…This is a lovely and redemptive novel.” — Andre Dubus III, author of The House of Sand and Fog
“Sensitive and spellbinding, this beautiful…gripping, heartfelt family tale, is…on many new must-read lists for teens and adults.” — Copley News Service
“Riveting...a beautiful contemporary drama…the gripping mystery makes you rush to the end…heartfelt.” — Booklist
“An inventive twist on the coming-of-age genre...Realistic and heartbreaking yet hopeful, this story…engrosses the reader.” — Library Journal
“Lyrical…well–wrought…with an edge of magical realism: Carson McCullers meets Alice Hoffman…sharply drawn characters…tinged with allegory…startling.” — Baltimore Sun
“Gripping…Sullivan succeeds in making Ship’s supersensitivity believable…a meticulously prepared dish.” — Boston Herald
“Ship Sooner stays with you long after you put it down.” — Chicago Sunday Tribune
“Ethereal and lovely…There’s not a scene or action that doesn’t reverberate with what Ship hears.” — Washington Post Book World