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Book Reviews
[F]ast-paced…, but the brisk speed often papers over a lack of emotional depth and character development. Cilka and those around her respond with a positivity that feels unnatural. Even so, Morris’s propulsive tale shows the goodness that can be found even inside the gulag.
Publishers Weekly
Cilka shows great courage and fortitude throughout: Indeed, her ability to endure trauma—as well her heroism in ministering to the sick and wounded—almost defies credulity.… Though gripping, even moving at times, the novel doesn't do justice to the solemn history from which it is drawn.
Kirkus Reviews