‘A perfect balancing act with terror on one side and love on the other… It’s marvellous’ Stephen King
‘From the opening page your heart will be in your mouth… it will change your view of the world’ Kirsty Wark
‘Made me understand better why someone would give up the home they know and love to survive’ Tracy Chevalier
‘Electric, important, heartbreaking and joyous’ Kate Hamer
‘A roaring human triumph’ Laline Paull
‘A dazzling accomplishment’ Julia Alvarez
‘Leaps the borders of the page and demands attention’ Sarah Blake
‘Relevant, powerful, extraordinary’ Kristin Hannah
‘Harrowing and necessary. As pacey as a thriller but full of deep compassion’ Julie Cohen
‘Not simply the great American novel, it’s the great novel of Las Américas’ Sandra Cisneros