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“A compassionate coming of age story that deftly blurs the line between fiction and memoir. Markson’s facility with creating strong characters makes Pigeon’s world so believable. As a result, this is an engaging read with hints of Augusten Burroughs, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Mosier, and Heather Sellers. A great book.” —Marc Schuster, Small Press Review

“Markson is particularly effective with children’s dialogue, interruptions, humor and all. She captures Dove’s defensive sarcasm, Robin’s cautious sense of responsibility, Mother’s reliance on maxims about how to behave, and masterfully recreates the Bruce Springsteen working-class world of `70s New Jersey. More power to an author who is able to universalize a theme of a child’s need to belong, even to a dysfunctional family, and the ways in which new love may compensate for old but never forgotten loss." —Joan Baum, The Independent

“Pigeon is bright and remarkably self-sufficient, and as she describes her mother’s child-rearing methods, her self-reliance is credible enough to make the story compelling. Markson sews a neat tapestry of family flaws as observed by the not-yet-judgmental Pigeon, making this a sound and interesting choice.” —School Library Journal