"Like Alice Munro, Kathleen George does not rely on one moment to turn a story around, rather, she allows her characters' pasts to inform their present lives and the lives of these stories. The result is a rich journey through whole experiences that lead the reader not to an ending but to an opening, a glimpse at the future for George's character, and a deeper understanding of how our pasts, presents, and futures are intertwined." --Ann Hood
"Kathleen George understands the powerful pull of outlaw love. Her characters are modest, earnest, and sensible, but when they fall in love, they throw caution to the wind. They chase ghosts, woo addicts, long for their devout Mexican housemaids, leave their perfect husbands for their neighbor's surly gardeners. 'It was an old story,' one of those lovers sighs, 'but it felt brand new...' These stories too feel new." --Molly Giles
"Early in The Man in the Buick this phrase appears: 'a sweetness under some sort of discomfort,' and the words go to the heart of these fictions...Kathleen George's is a quit but always provocative voice. 'Things progress,' says one narrator in this subtle story collection, 'and that's the miracle of it.'"--Robley Wilson, Jr.
"Kathleen George is a very fine writer. These wise and moving stories linger in the mind and heart long after they're read." --Hilma Wolitzer
"If you don't read another book of fiction all year, read this one. It's the best book I've read in a long time. I'm telling you, this Kathy George can flat out write. The characters are so fully developed, the settings so richly textured, the insights into human nature so heartbreaking--well, it's a wonderful book...Not a day passes that I don't think about these people and consider the effect they have had on my life." --Lewis Nordan
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