'A tour de force by any standards ... One reason for Miller's popularity is that she earns her fans in a time-honoured way: she writes for readers'

Newsweek

'Each of her characters is complete and distinctive, a compendium of lovable and exasperating traits ... Each character has a turn at capturing our full attention'

Los Angeles Times

'Miller's special brand of intelligent emotionalism reaches its zenith here: it's deep, resonant, splendid'

Kirkus Review

'For Love may be the most honest twentieth-century love story we've had in a while ... Sue Miller maps emotional terrain carefull, precisely, graphically, with a grit and grace that at first invite the reader's appreciation - and then, before we know it, have us involved ... a vivid allegory for all the harm that love can bring'

New York Times Book Review