Andre Dubus III: “It is a rare novelist who can summon the creative nerve to plumb the depths of grief, but that's just what Ann Hood does here with such compassion and grace. The Obituary Writer is an unflinching exploration of loss and the love that somehow remains, one that both wounds and heals. This is a deeply engaging and moving book.”
Tom Perrotta: “In this poignant and incisive novel, Ann Hood brings history back to life in the most intimate way, chronicling the love affairs and heartbreaks of two very different women in two very different times. Moving gracefully and persuasively between post-earthquake San Francisco and the early 1960s, The Obituary Writer makes unexpected connections between these two bygone eras, and in the process, manages to illuminate the present as well as the past.”
More on Ann Hood's upcoming visit with Gene Mirabelli, Tuesday, Feb. 26: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/mirabelli_hood13.html
More on Dubus' 2008 visit: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/dubus_andre08.html
More on Perrotta's 2011 visit: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/perrotta_tom11.html
