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Goodnight Silky Sullivan"...deadeye characterization and lucid prose...Alberts' subtle imagination and voice make for a poignant, resonant collection." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Laurie Alberts is a writer who can take you to near and far places and make those various places (and the people in them) shine and pulse with real life. With a wonderful combination of high energy and honest modesty, Alberts writes in clear strong sentences that do not come between the reader and her thoroughly imagined, credible world of fiction. Goodnight Silky Sullivlan is a collection to celebrate, a book to cherish." -- George Garrett |
Selected WorksFiction
The Price of Land in Shelby
...beautifully written. --Library Journal
...a richly observed tale of suffering and survival. --Publishers Weekly Lost Daughters
"The shocking nature of...lies and their consequences lend power to this affecting novel." -- Booklist Goodnight Silky Sullivan
"Alberts' subtle imagination and voice make for a poignant, resonant collection." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review Tempting Fate
"A rich deep novel...Laurie Alberts writes with an easy grace that clarifies strange sights..." -- The New Yorker Memoir
Between Revolutions: an American Romance with Russia
...vivid... precisely detailed and convincing... as involving and moving as a novel --Kelly Cherry |
