" A seventh grader told me this was the best book she ever read. Talk about a recommendation! I fell in love with Adam, the uncle Hattie never knew she had. The wonderful portrayal of his voice and exuberant words by the reader, Judith Ivey, made me smile as I drove. She must have an Adam in her own life. He was obsessed with "I Love Lucy" and would often slip into re-telling or re-enacting key episodes when excited. The book is set in the late 1950s and so is rich with cultural details from small town American life, very familiar to me. There is joy here but also genuine tragedy, making it clear how hard it is to be different, and yet how important it is to value those who are. "
— Lynne, 1/20/2014