No Good Asking

"Nuanced characters and attention to detail make what could have been a saccharine story a deeply moving one instead. Highly recommended." -- Booklist

"Kimmel's novel has only a few characters, but they all possess presence and depth and experience honest changes. The strong sense of place serves as an additional relationship for the characters to negotiate." -- Library Journal Starred Review

"Quietly powerful . . . In less careful hands, this story could have come across as sentimental or melodramatic; instead, it takes shape as a guardedly hopeful tale of resilience." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Moving . . . The seemingly mundane scenes -- a family dinner, for example -- are the most powerful in the story and demonstrate our capacity to heal one another through compassion and kindness." -- Canadian Living

"The humanity in Fran Kimmel's No Good Asking is as big as the hearts of her arresting characters. In genuine, unaffected prose, this story builds from the first page to its satiating finale. An achingly good story." -- Lee Kvern, author of 7 Ways to Sunday