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“Unexpected and gripping…The narrative ramps up a notch and turns into that most engrossing of beasts, a novel about sex…wonderfully well described, shot through with guilt and risk and yet presented entirely without mawkishness or sentimentality.” New York Times Book Review
“A tense, artful, rich and involving novel that strips the world down to its bones and also makes you care deeply for the two women whose lives it lays bare.” National Book Review
“A nuanced study of marriage and friendship, fidelity and deceit…the enduring value of friendship, and the ways in which our mistakes can also offer opportunities for personal growth and redemption.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“With piercing empathy and incandescent humor, Thompson considers the riddles of sexual passion and love, self and change, loyalty and forgiveness.” Booklist
“Thompson’s many fans will still find moments of clarity and insight in this parallel character study.” Publishers Weekly
“Narrator Madeleine Lambert provides just the right touches of softness and starkness to doubt-addled Jane’s ‘perfect’ domestic life…Lambert deftly unwraps this story, with excellent pacing and deep characterizations that will be difficult for listeners to forget.” AudioFile