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A Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club
“… bountiful … compelling … it's not mere 'beach reading.' [The Saving Graces] irritate one another, embrace one another, tackle their differences, suffer in silence, support and express their love for each other--as in real life. The voices and sentiments of each of them are distinct and well-drawn, and the narrative is, at times, breathtaking … unique, uncliched, unsentimental and ultimately satisfying.” ~Washington Post Book World
“Gaffney has given us four engaging women … an easy, intimate read, tender, funny...may inspire a tear or two. Maybe even a sigh of pleasured contentment.” ~New York Daily News
“The story is sweet...the jokes funny and current and the neuroses real … Readers will feel they've known this foursome forever. A bighearted … valentine to the beauty of old-fashioned female friendship. It's the kind of novel to be passed along with a hug and a cup of tea from mother to daughter, or from old friend to old friend.” ~Boston Herald
“The charm of this novel lies in its believable characters--sweet and smart-ass, funny and real … Anyone who's ever raised a glass to toast her women friends will love this book--its raw emotion, its rueful humor, its life lessons.” ~New Orleans Times-Picayune
“(A) poignant story about friendship. The Saving Graces is a character-driven novel and Gaffney has a keen sense of direction.” ~Library Journal
“This ode to the friendships between women could easily become the northern version of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.” ~Booklist
“Sweetly affirmative … strong characters … always readable … a great book for the beach.” ~Kirkus
“RICH, LOVELY... An intimate portrayal of friendships through the eyes of four unforgettable women. I hated to put it down!” ~Michael Lee West, author of Crazy Ladies
“Sometimes the antagonist in a breakout novel is nothing more than life itself. For an example, read Patricia Gaffney's powerful story...about four women friends who form a support group, The Saving Graces. Over the course of several years the friends grapple with infertility, divorce, married lovers, thwarted creativity, terminal cancer, and other challenges. Is there a villain, here? Various characters stand in, but ultimately in The Saving Graces, Gaffney makes the antagonist nothing more than the relentless, small, unavoidable domestic tragedies that happen to us all.” ~Donald Maass' Writing the Breakout Novel