The Apollo choices have been masterful. The list is thought-provoking, eye-opening, inspired and inspiring

The Big Issue

Laurence gives us a portrait of a remarkable character and at the same time the picture of old age itself, with the pain, the weariness, the terror, the impotent angers and physical mishaps, the realization that others are waiting and wishing for an end... [She] strikes, with an equally sure touch, the peculiar note and the universal'

Honor Tracy, The New Republic

Wise, moving and surprising, Laurence's novel is a rarity

The Times

It was a delight to experience this classic of Canadian literature

Bookish Beck