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- "Verdelle has a hint of Zora Neale Hurston in her, capturing truths in the lilt of spoken language" - Orlando Sentinel
- In a particularly accomplished debut, Verdelle imbues her ambitious novel with a confident style, finely realized characters and a striking original first person voice...Verdelles study brings niversl truths to an affecting study of adolescence" - Publishers weekly
- "Verdelle's book has made quite a splach in the literary world" - Plain Dealer
- "This book portrays a matriarchy and the voicelessness of black women in the broader culture" - Library Journal
- "Truly extraordinary" - Toni Morrison
