Cappello's writing shines and, like the flowers she cherishes, offers fleeting glimpses of beauty.--Sara Ivry, New York Times Book Review "In this remarkable memoir, Mary Cappello explores the legacy of her family with not only grace of style but a kind of grace of being. Fierce, honest, and deeply affecting."--Jay Parini, author of Benjamin's Crossing "Cappello draws you deeply into her world and rewards you with rich description and sustained motifs. She achieves an illumination that borders on epiphany."--Corene Lemaitre, Philadelphia City Paper "[A] story about . love's possibilities and impossibilities, and the beauty and danger that lurk in the garden of our lives."--Fred L.

Gardaphe, Fra Noi "The literature of immigration has produced such notable works as the novels Giants in the Earth and Call It Sleep. [Night Bloom] can take an honorable place among them."--Whitney Scott, Booklist.