"Piercing and eloquent. . . . The prose is radiant. . . . A gem of a novel." --The Washington Post

"Powerful and engaging. . . . Margot Livesey is no slouch when it comes to casting a mesmerizing spell with her language; one of her other indelible and pleasure-inducing trademarks is lacing her fiction with shimmers of otherworldliness. . . . Lizzie is a marvel of a character." --Boston Globe

"Margot Livesey is an incandescent writer, generous and graceful, always imbuing her characters with astonishing humanity and grace. I love all Livesey's books, but The Road From Belhaven has become my new favorite; I felt so deeply for Lizzie that I worried about her fate with the same love and indignation and hope I would have for a flesh-and-blood friend of my youth. This book is a cold, clear, perfect lake."--Lauren Groff, New York Times best-selling author of The Vaster Wilds

"Gracefully evokes the magic and mystery of the rural world and the vitality and harshness of city life." --