Lafaye, Vanessa

Recommended for all fiction collections. ["Lafaye's debut novel succeeds on the merits of its well-drawn characters, its sense of place, and on the tragic events it details": LJ 3/15/15 review of the Sourcebooks hc.]

Lafaye's debut novel succeeds on the merits of its well-drawn characters, its sense of place, and on the tragic events it details. The author keeps the reader at a distance from the characters, but this serves a greater purpose: a focus on the big picture of a town struggling under the weight of the past. Readers of historical fiction will find this book rewarding.