State of Wonder

"This quiet woman in a plain cotton dress came onstage and proceeded to stun everyone in the room with the most hair-raising, bloodcurdling, fantastical, yet utterly believable, tale I’d ever heard. It was a primal storytelling experience, and the book is even better."

"Ann Patchett’s “State of Wonder.” I am about to head out on book tour, and this book seems like an ideal blend of highly intelligent and readable."

"I was blown away by Ann Patchett's State of Wonder. It was one of those books that really made you stop breathing. I kept asking myself, 'How did she do that?' She's a phenomenal writer."

"A. S. Byatt's "Possession," Ann Patchett's "State of Wonder," Barbara Kingsolver's recent "Unsheltered," and Nell Freudenberger's forthcoming "Lost and Wanted" all are marvelous."