Never Coming Back (McGhee) - Book Reviews

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This sensitive novel…offers readers an intimate and painfully aware portrait of the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's on its victims as well as the people who must watch their tormented loved ones tumble into the disease's terrible abyss … Never Coming Back [is] a novel about profound sadness, insurmountable loss and the possibility of allowing new people into your life.
Minneapolis Star Tribune


[A] poignant meditation on the relationship between a mother and daughter…. Though this well-written story will appeal to a broad range of readers for its rich characterization, mothers and daughters will especially find Clara’s and Tamar’s story moving and memorable.
Publishers Weekly


McGhee’s latest novel… not only tackles the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship and the unresolved conflicts that can have lasting effects on both women, it also informs readers about how Alzheimer’s can quickly and cruelly ravage a person.
Library Journal


[A] quietly powerful novel…. [Readers] will appreciate McGhee’s magnetic prose and her ability to pack a richly detailed story into a slim novel. Atmospheric and introspective.
Booklist


“A luminous novel…. [T]he author’s gift for subtly poetic language and her believable dialogue make Clara’s journey worth following. McGhee has an almost musical ability to repeat the themes of her novel with enough variation to keep them fresh.
Kirkus Reviews