Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls (Gray) - Book Reviews

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If you enjoyed An American Marriage, read The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls… an absorbing commentary on love, family and forgiveness.
Washington Post


The inequities of the justice system, the fortitude of women of color, and the bittersweet struggle to connect are rendered ravishly in this bighearted novel.
Oprah Magazine


[An] intimate family saga sure to appeal to fans of Tayari Jones and Celeste Ng.
Entertainment Weekly


As in Tayari Jones’s best-selling An American Marriage, Gray uses imprisonment as the backdrop for a disarmingly compelling story that skirts easy answers and sentimentality. Conversational in tone and difficult in subject, Care and Feeding tells not just an American story but several important ones.
Vogue
 

Gray’s absorbing novel is about family and the things we hunger for.
Real Simple


[A] moving debut.… Gray uses alternate chapters narrated by the three sisters to fill in details of their upbringing… and their current struggles.… [R]eaders will be deeply affected by this story of a family wrestling to support itself.
Publishers Weekly


Sisters…are knot-tight, with eldest Althea the de facto matriarch of a family seen as top of the heap in their town. So when Althea and husband Proctor are arrested for mysterious reasons… townsfolk turn their heads in disgust.
Library Journal


Gray’s engrossing and moving debut novel considers secrets and lies and their effect on the families of three sisters.
Booklist


Gray manages a large cast of characters with ease, sharply differentiating between the voices.… [Some] scenes… tend to drag… [with] more pressing family dramas at hand. A deep dive into the shifting alliances and betrayals among siblings.
Kirkus Reviews