A thoroughly enjoyable sequal toWorthy's Town...Rolens is a subtle narrator...A balanced and evocative saga of everyday American life after the war.

– Kirkus Reviews

Take[s] readers well beyond their usual comfort zones...Something within expands when you read about them [the characters].

– Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

Many readers...will immerse themselves in this community of quirky and perverse characters.

– Library Journal

As warm and enjoyable as its predecessor, Rolens' second novel is a pitch-perfect depiction of small-town life.

– Kristine Huntley, Booklist

Rolens' recreation of rural postwar America is honest and warm.

– Publishers Weekly

#5 Regional Best seller

– Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News

The author is resourceful enough to entertain her readers with a well-built window on a vanishing world...The graceful entraces and exits of her various story arcs create a pleasant rhythmic flow of local scenery, much like the well-preserved 1924 Moon Chevy that Drayton coaxes back to running form.

– Leeta Taylor, Foreword Reviews

The author...propels the plot forward, and she gracefully weaves in details that give the novel its strong sense of time and place.

– John Hinkemeyer, Rocky Mountain News

The depiction of rural, small town America, with its dramas and quirky characters, is an engaging story.

– Lima News

Rolens has matured her characters in this sequel...Once again Rolens skillfully evokes a small-town life in an earlier era...[Old Kane] is still a place to be viewed with affection...I hope Rolens revisits these characters a third time.

– Ellen Keith, Historical Novel Society