The odyssey of eccentric New Englanders sets the stage for an exploration of resentment and fear and the joys of small miracles that happen along the way to their destination.

“In his new novel Frederick Buechner again shows his unique talent for making wonders real and the real wonderful. The book opens up dimensions of our modern hurts and impasses that are missing from much of our fiction.”–Amos N. Wilder

“One of the finest pieces of imaginative prose I have come across for some time….a beautiful, thoughtful, and often witty novel whose music will, I am sure, reverberate in the imagination for a long time.”–Vernon Scannell, The Irish Press