Bobbie Ann Mason is the author of In Country, Shiloh and Other Stories, An Atomic Romance, Nancy Culpepper, and a memoir, Clear Springs. She is the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, two Southern Book Awards, and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. She was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. She is writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky.
“A spellbinding tale of war, love and survival . . . storytelling
at its best.”—Associated Press
“A deeply moving, relevant novel . . . What a stirring tribute to
the Resistance this novel is; along with a heartfelt salute to the
ordinary women and even girls who sprinkled sand in the gears of
Hitler’s army, fighting back in innumerable subtle ways against the
Occupation.”—The Washington Post
“[Bobbie Ann Mason] writes with care and grace, creating fully
developed, complicated characters that readers will care for and
remember long after finishing the book.”—Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
“Ushering her readers back and forth across the decades, [Mason]
perfectly weaves history with fiction. . . . [A] near-perfect war
story.”—USA Today
“[An] impressive, impassioned new novel. The unforgettable story .
. . is a gripping tale of redemption.”—The Miami Herald
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