Farm Under a Lake

It's alomost impossible to put this book down, so you'll want to have at least a few hours before you get started. Bergland slowly draws you into her setting and characters, until you are one of them, feeling their emotions, lured into their world. The story itself is wonderful, but her telling of it is incredible, delightful and poetic.

A Farm Under a Lake is one of the most incredible books I have ever read. Ms. Bergland's writing brings the reader into the novel immediately and never lets you go.

This is simply one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. Her writing is breathtaking. The dignity and tragedy of her characters is rendered so lovingly and with such grace. It is a quiet book, but one which resonates with you long after you've finished reading it. I cannot recommend it highly enough!

Martha Bergland makes words dance. They patter across a wooden floor and run like water over stones in a stream. She makes storytelling seem effortless, fluid, as most of us would like it to be. This story brings you hard into the center of a young woman's life as she confronts grief and lost dreams. Bergland's prose simply left me breathless. I read it twice in my first sitting. That she has not yet produced a second novel or other work is as close to real tragedy as you'll find in the literary world. I've recommended this book to every good friend I have -- and a few strangers at bus stops, too!