Sheri Holman vividly and convincingly conjures a fully-textured fictive past peopled with strange and true characters - Charles Frazier
I found it a riveting read, thoroughly enjoyable. From the first page I felt confident that I was in the hands of a real writer with an individual voice - literate, witty, intelligent, thoughtful - Kate Atkinson
Sheri Holman writes with extraordinary assurance and style - Miranda Seymour
Dickensian, in the best sense . . . tremendous, confident pace is matched by a knowledge of the period and its concerns - Margaret Forster
Sheri Holman s prose, tart, racy and sombre, will sing in your soul a long while - Frank McCourt
It shows a confidence and sophistication expected from a more mature, experienced writer, with a real feel for detail - The Herald - Glasgow
An impressive and crackling authenticity to her work. The smells, sounds and hideous sights of the time and place are convincingly reproduced with confidence and literary poise
'Creepily atmospheric novel - Independent
