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What Authors are Saying about "Guest House"
"GUEST HOUSE beautifully exemplifies
the 21st century maxim that we are not born into families, but choose those who mean the most to us."
—Bruce Feld, co-author of THE GIVERS AND
THE TAKERS
"Richardson, who is part comedienne, part landscape artist and part Zen master, reveals the vulnerability of her characters with utmost delicacy... there is salvation here, and it happens in this addictively-readable and often hilarious novel..."
—Lisa Jones, author of BROKEN: A LOVE STORY
"This book reminds me of Keri Hulme's extraordinary BONE PEOPLE, which won one of the world's great literary prizes, the Booker, some twenty-five years ago. But Richardson's prose is more graceful than Hulme's, and her characters seem even more alive..."
—Ed Kanze, author of OVER THE MOUNTAIN
AND HOME AGAIN
"I loved the fast-paced, wham-bam hurling language and the toughness of it all. The characters were brave and angry in a world that offered them little. This is a novel, deserving of awards and a great book to discuss in a book club. I can't wait to read more from this new and talented writer."
—Nel Rand, author of MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY
the 21st century maxim that we are not born into families, but choose those who mean the most to us."
—Bruce Feld, co-author of THE GIVERS AND
THE TAKERS
"Richardson, who is part comedienne, part landscape artist and part Zen master, reveals the vulnerability of her characters with utmost delicacy... there is salvation here, and it happens in this addictively-readable and often hilarious novel..."
—Lisa Jones, author of BROKEN: A LOVE STORY
"This book reminds me of Keri Hulme's extraordinary BONE PEOPLE, which won one of the world's great literary prizes, the Booker, some twenty-five years ago. But Richardson's prose is more graceful than Hulme's, and her characters seem even more alive..."
—Ed Kanze, author of OVER THE MOUNTAIN
AND HOME AGAIN
"I loved the fast-paced, wham-bam hurling language and the toughness of it all. The characters were brave and angry in a world that offered them little. This is a novel, deserving of awards and a great book to discuss in a book club. I can't wait to read more from this new and talented writer."
—Nel Rand, author of MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY
Thanks to you,"Guest House" is now being read and reviewed all across the U.S.
And internationally in Richmond, England,
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Montreal,
Quebec, Beijing, by students abroad in India,
by a university professor flying over the Atlantic Ocean, and in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada!
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in all fifty states and possibly the moon.
"The people living in GUEST HOUSE are as particular and real—and flawed—as our neighbors, our friends, ourselves. In this remarkably generous novel Barbara Richardson chronicles not only the betrayals and sorrows of the human heart, but the love and hope and caring
that heals it."
—Molly Gloss, author of WILD LIFE and
THE HEARTS OF HORSES
that heals it."
—Molly Gloss, author of WILD LIFE and
THE HEARTS OF HORSES
Reader Reviews
"A delightful journey into the heart, GUEST HOUSE is simply elegant." —Jodyb on Powell's Books
"GUEST HOUSE is a banquet: tragic and funny, wry and sexy, dark and triumphant. Like the main character, Melba, who wants "to sink into the bones of things," I found myself looking at my own world in a different way, newly reminded that love is found in the glorious imperfection of things."
—J.B. Fuller on Books-a-million
"The story engaged and surprised me all along the way. Barbara is a gifted and seasoned writer,
I would like reading about anything she writes, because she can sure tell a story."
—Joyce Phelps on Amazon
"I loved this book. It really spoke to the resiliency of children who have the misfortune of being born to bad parents. I love that Matt not only was able to rise above his upbringing but that he inspired Melba and made her life better just by being part of it."
—Linda Hampton on Amazon
"GUEST HOUSE is a banquet: tragic and funny, wry and sexy, dark and triumphant. Like the main character, Melba, who wants "to sink into the bones of things," I found myself looking at my own world in a different way, newly reminded that love is found in the glorious imperfection of things."
—J.B. Fuller on Books-a-million
"The story engaged and surprised me all along the way. Barbara is a gifted and seasoned writer,
I would like reading about anything she writes, because she can sure tell a story."
—Joyce Phelps on Amazon
"I loved this book. It really spoke to the resiliency of children who have the misfortune of being born to bad parents. I love that Matt not only was able to rise above his upbringing but that he inspired Melba and made her life better just by being part of it."
—Linda Hampton on Amazon
