Description: "The Lace Reader is a page-turner, and the ending is almost as shocking as the film The Sixth Sense." - Salem Gazette "Barry''s novel is that rare thing--a literary page-turner worthy for it''s story and for its art." - Tom Jenks, editor of Narrative magazine "Barry excels at capturing the feel of smalltown life, and balances action with close looks at the characters'' inner worlds. Her pacing and use of different perspectives show tremendous skill and will keep readers captivated all the way through." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "The Lace Reader challenges the very notion of reality. A compelling, fast-action page turner. A terrific read!" - Diane Stern, CBS Radio, Boston "A ''romance'' in the Nathaniel Hawthorne sense of the word a dark tale of sin and guilt that blends the mundane and the fantastic, with a glimmer of redemptive hope at its core that all the Gothic trappings cannot obscure." - Tulsa World "Barry does a fantastic job of sketching out her characters. The Whitney women, one and all, are intriguingly real." - San Antonio Express-News "The Lace Reader unravels a magical, yet tragic family''s tale...Barry has cleverly and delightfully set us up. With one fell swoop, she cuts the last thread, and the characters she has so carefully created unravel to reveal secrets we had not even begun to guess." - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Brunonia Barry has pulled off a major feat with her debut, The Lace Reader: It''s a gorgeously written literary novel that''s also a doozy of a thriller, capped with a jaw-dropping denouement that will leave even the most careful reader gasping." - Dallas Morning News "What is real in The Lace Reader? What is not? To her credit Ms. Barry makes this story blithe and creepy in equal measure.... And there is much suspense invested in where all the lacunas in Towner''s impressions will lead her...There are clues planted everywhere." - New York Times "Barry''s modern-day story of Towner Whitney, who has the psychic gift to read the future in lace patterns, is complex but darker in subject matter.... The novel''s gripping and shocking conclusion is a testament to Barry''s creativity." - USA Today "A gorgeously written literary novel that''s a doozy of a thriller, capped with a jaw-dropping denouement that will leave even the most careful reader gasping." - Chicago Tribune "The Lace Reader casts an enthralling spell...As The Lace Reader unspools, we are drawn into a whirling vortex of deceit. Barry untangles these confusing strands of mystery with an artful precision." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Surprise endings are tough to pull off--too often they aren''t a surprise to anyone but the main character. To Barry''s credit, she genuinely got me." - Christian Science Monitor "Finely rendered moments make this a novel to savor--a story as textured as it is imaginative... a story that readers will find as lovely as a swatch of handmade lace." - Rocky Mountain News "Barry weaves a suspenseful tale of witchcraft and dark mystery...Barry''s depictions of time and place are marvelously descriptive." - Roxanne Price, Elle "Past and present mysteries merge in a fast-moving narrative that builds through a numerous small dramas to a theatrical conclusion." - Katherine Turman, Elle "Barry''s depictions of her characters'' altered states of consciousness are beautifully rendered. And "The Lace Reader" establishes Brunonia Barry as a force..." - The Olympian "[For] fans of Dennis Lehane''s Shutter Island, Chris Bohjalian''s The Double Bind." - Booklist "Gripping...a marvelously bizarre cast of characters (living and dead) in a uniquely colorful town." - Washington Post Book World

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