“A substantial, beautifully composed, confident work of art … both expansive in its reach and intimate in its intense focus.” — O magazine
“An enrapturing plunge into the depths of the human heart.” — Washington Post Book World
“[A] magnificent tale...poignant in the mysteries it evokes and patient with the questions it leaves unanswered.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Miraculous …[Erdrich is] at the peak of powers as a writer … Her work is as melodious as ever.” — Boston Globe
“Emotionally resonant.” — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
“[A] masterpiece… Erdrich never hits a false note.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Louise Erdrich’s rousing and radiant new novel THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB is all kinds of lovely.” — Newsweek
“Each moment and its particulars dazzles … Fidelis and firm-bellied Delphine and the rest [of the characters] are masterworks.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB can surely be cast as the most wrenching and wise of Erdrich’s nine novels.” — Miami Herald
“A brilliantly layered look at war’s costs …Daring, graceful, comprehending and, rooted in the great plains, uniquely American.” — Kansas City Star
“The Master Butchers Singing Club reveals on of our finest writers at the peak of her considerable powers.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Rich and vibrant …Magnificent.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Lush and stark … employing vivid imagery, deft description and dialogue that flows … Stunning language.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Not since Ricard Russo’s 2001 novel EMPIRE FALLS ... have I enjoyed the company of such memorable characters.” — Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today
“Louise Erdrich hits every note in THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB” — Vanity Fair
“Satisfying and life-affirming.” — Atlantic Monthly
“[THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB] is marked by moments of true creative genius, exquisitely imagined and masterfully drawn.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Erdrich is an abundantly gifted storyteller, with a penchant for meticulous detail and tremendous empathy for her characters.” — Charlotte Observer
“Appropriately grim and thoughtful, THE MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB is also full of tenderness and life … Marvelous.” — Entertainment Weekly
“A thoughtful, artful, painfully moving addition to an ongoing American saga .. unimaginably rich.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Delphine, the book’s central figure, is Erdrich’s most finely wrought and compelling character.” — Denver Rocky Mountain News
“Grand and generous fiction… Erdrich’s most sweeping and ambitious yet.” — BookPage