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| "...the sort of book one wants to keep reading on the
way to the airport, on the airplane, at night in bed, because it all
tumbles together well, and because the kooky, off-kilter characters,
with their various eccentricities, feel like a day's good
companions." -- San Francisco Chronicle -- 06/11/06 |
| "...a lovely and surprising book." -- Santa Fe
Reporter -- 06/07/06 |
| "...a finely wrought dramatic tale..." -- The
Journal Standard (IL) -- 05/25/06 |
| "..."Once Upon a Day," is one of those page-turners
full of mystery, suspense and romance that is likely to keep the TV
off and readers up way past prime time." -- Albuquerque
Journal -- 05/07/06 |
| "…Once Upon a Day proves a real page-turner… …This
one will stick with you for a bit." -- St. Louis Post Dispatch
-- 05/07/06 |
| "The title of Tucker's third novel sounds like a Nora
Ephron movie, and on the surface the fanciful plot seems to play
right along. . .[But] another narrative strand casts a welcome
emotional shadow. . .lifting Once Upon a Day out of the realm of
romantic comedy and into the darker territory of an Old World fairy
tale." -- New York Times Book Review -- 04/30/06 |
| "Tucker's graceful prose and well crafted characters
create a compelling odyssey of transfiguration." -- People
Magazine, Critic's Choice -- 04/17/06 |
| "Once Upon a Day" is readable, full of enjoyable
characters, discussable and therefore bound to be a popular
book-group pick."-- Denver Post -- 04/16/06 |
| "...deftly written and emotionally convincing novel."
-- Marie Claire -- 04/06 |
| "Tucker is a graceful writer, with an ability to
create characters whose flaws help make them sympathetic and
believably human." -- Boston Globe -- 04/09/06 |
| "Once Upon a Day, the third novel by writer Lisa
Tucker, is a dark, passionate tale about what can happen when the
course of one's life is interrupted by the events of a solitary
day." -- Bookpage -- 04/06 |
| "...compassionate cast of characters... ...a good
choice for public libraries." -- Library Journal -- 03/15/06 |
| "In what may well be her breakout book... ...the gifted Tucker tells a compelling love story
with uncommon empathy and grace." -- Booklist -- 03/01/06 |
| "An exceptionally empathetic storyteller, Tucker has
created a haunting, gripping novel that brims with graceful writing
and fragile characters." -- Publishers Weekly Starred review
-- 11/28/05 |
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