American Wife: Stories (Ford) - Book Reviews

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Miss Ford makes every inch of her fictional territory count.
New York Times Book Review


Ford's prose has a poised, finely tuned quality that doesn't scream because it doesn't need to.... Her keen grasp of the inescapable and convoluted effects of family ties is one of the finest achievements of the book.
Harper's


Elaine Ford’s collection roams the territory between the intellect and the heart. She writes of the human condition with precision, in language that is both grave and conversational. Her characters step out of the real world onto the page, where she develops them quietly, but with compassionate fullness. This writer grips the reader with her keen knowledge of the psyche of individuals—their motives and secrets—and also with the surprising things that happen to them.”
Laura Kasischke - Michigan Literary Fiction Awards