Ozeki shows more courage than most in melding a well-crafted, often comic story of the personal with the political ? Observer

Sophisticated . . . Seamlessly done . . . A nice blend of humour and strangely affecting optimism. Ozeki has written a book where dread and hope coexist. Neither is given short shrift or magicked away ? New York Times

Highly original ? Daily Mail

Amusing, moving and delicately controlled ? Big Issue

All Over Creation opens wider with every plot twist as it moves from tenderness to comedy to sobering truth and the world in the eye of one family's storm -- BARBARA KINGSOLVER

This winning novel . . . is a feast of humour and wisdom about family and friendship ? Glamour

Ozeki is a gifted storyteller. All Over Creation buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy ? Los Angeles Times

Ozeki deftly and sensitively folds the variegated topics together, whipping up a savoury treat ? Entertainment Weekly

Captivating . . . Ozeki joins the constellation of such environmentally aware writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humour, luscious sexiness and kinetic pizazz . . . A busy, darkly humorous and cunningly entertaining novel, weaving canny psychological insights into each twist in her purposeful yet anarchically tinged plot ? Chicago Trubune

Bewitching . . . Ozeki's story splices a bit of Edward Abbey into an Anne Tyler plot. The fruits of this mix are definitely worth tasting ? Publishers Weekly (starred review)