"Beams takes risk after risk in this, her first novel, and they all seem to pay off . . . A satisfyingly strange novel from the one-of-a-kind Beams." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred
"Luminous . . . This suspenseful and vividly evocative tale expertly explores women's oppression as well as their sexuality through the eyes of a heroine who is sometimes maddening, at other times sympathetic . . ." -- Booklist, starred