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“A literary page-turner…Her writing is clear, crisp, chilling.”
— Reader’s Digest
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“A fierce and disturbing novel.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Simple in style but complex in tone, this book raises troubling questions about the power of doom-laden cults, and their leaders and followers.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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“A beautiful and terrifying book. Peggy Riley tells a complex and enthralling tale of family love and religious belief with uncommon wisdom, grace, and skill.”
— Sigrid Nunez, author of The Last of Her Kind
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“Amity & Sorrow, grace and hope, honor and innocence, bliss and deliverance—all of this from one beautifully nuanced story about the nature of family and the power of faith. I savored every word.”
— Lori Lansens, author of The Girls
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AMITY & SORROW, grace and hope, honor and innocence, bliss and deliverance-all of this from one beautifully nuanced story about the nature of family and the power of faith. I savored every word.
— Lori Lansens, author of The Girls
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A beautiful and terrifying book. Peggy Riley tells a complex and enthralling tale of family love and religious belief with uncommon wisdom, grace, and skill.
— Sigrid Nunez, author of The Last of Her Kind
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Fierce and disturbing.... Riley's debut novel is a harsh but compassionate look at nature vs. nurture through the lens of a polygamous cult."—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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[An] accomplished, harrowing debut.... Riley's descriptive prose is rich in metaphor.... [and] the haunting literary drama simmers to a boil as it deftly navigates issues of family, faith, community, and redemption.
— Ann Kelley, Booklist (Starred Review)
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A literary page-turner.... Her writing is clear, crisp, chilling...
— Reader's Digest