Send for Me

Praise

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • An Indie Next Great Read • A Parade Best Releases of the Year

“Beautifully written, deeply felt, tender and thoughtful.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“Incandescent. . . . Send for Me reads like a memoir but has the kind of intimate detail born in the imagination of a novelist at the top of her game.”
—People

“An artfully constructed and richly absorbing novel that shows how love is strengthened, not weakened, over distance and time.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“A richly imagined, lyrically written story.”
—NPR

“Imbued with lyrical prose, Send for Me is a beautiful tale of heartbreak and renewal, and of the love and loss we carry with us, generation after generation.”
—Georgia Hunter, author of We Were the Lucky Ones

“Page after page of Send for Me shines with the author’s brilliant prose. . . . Fox has written a book you will not soon forget.”
—The Florida Times-Union
 
“Send for Me is a rare and beautiful novel. I loved this book.”
—Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train

“Resonates long after its final pages. . . . Its beautifully rendered vignettes are, in essence, about ‘the fraying wire’ that connects us to the past.”
—The Anniston Star
 
“Extraordinarily nuanced and moving. . . . Fox elegantly incorporates lines and short excerpts of her own great-grandmother’s letters, adding to the power and intimacy of this fine novel.”
—The National Book Review
 
“Subtle, striking, and punctuated by snippets of family letters. . . . An intimate, insightful, intricately rendered story of intergenerational trauma and love.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)