"Delightfully eccentric . . . chock-full of the homespun characters and the earthy wisdom readers have come to expect from this utterly charming series."--Booklist

"Tasty fare . . . Trigiani is a chatty host, serving up southern-fried storytelling (complete with a recipe for chocolate Coca-Cola cake) with a few Italian side dishes (the story takes a detour into Tuscany) while catching us up with her down-home cast. . . . Trigiani sews the pieces of her crazy quilt together."--People

"Delightful . . . Trigiani's unerring portrayal of the singular personalities that make up the small southwest Virginia town brings humor and poignancy to Ave's richly drawn life in Big Stone Gap. . . . As always, it is the day-to-day details of life in the charming backwater town of Big Stone Gap that make the story shine."--Publishers Weekly

"A happy book, sprinkled with gentle, down-home humor and a rich sense of place . . . Trigiani does a fine job of resolving twenty-year story lines while still leaving readers wanting more. Fans of the previous novels will savor this title as well."--Library Journal