This beautiful novel shows us how families cope with the most painful kind of loss and reminds us that even as grief fractures, it can pave the way for unexpected grace - Ann Packer, author of Songs Without Words Waldman knits [relationships] together with the pleasing simmetry of a doily.She also constructs an impressive parallel between the vocations of shipbuilding and playing a stringer instrument.Readers will enjoy the ride - The New York Times Book Review Excellent.A compelling, unique story.Grabs the reader right away - San Francisco Chronicle Waldman writes with practiced skill.It's a love story, a tragedy, a family saga, as well as a novel about class conflict that pits two stubborn, controlling women against one another - The Boston Globe Terrific.Waldman's prose style is lovely and fresh.This book made me happy, and happy to be alive - Pat Conroy Articulately plumbs the depths of the parent-child bond with clarityand intense feeling.

- USA Today With the careful attention of a movie director, Waldman renders apanoramic scene of a wedding. Lyrical descriptions. - The Philadelphia Enquirer.