Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery

Being an avid fan of books placed in New Orleans, I picked up this book and was very pleasantly surprised! That a man can write a book so well from a woman's perspective is amazing to me. I thought the characters were very well written and the interplay of the races in the South was excellent.

I also don't agree with the Kirkus review, I am enjoying this book enormously. The author does a great job of giving the different narrators of the story unique voices. He also has rare insight into the heart of a woman. I am looking forward to other books by this author.

I completely disagree with the Kirkus review.It would be nice if all books that were coming out today were as beautifully written, as innovative and as heartwarming--eventually--as this one. Oftentimes, you get a book that's been given outstanding reviews and it isn't worth a damn. This is quiet and new and seems to renew itself from one page to the next, getting better and better. It only took me a few days to finish this but I would like to read it again and again, because I have a feeling there are so many things I didn't get the first time around. This is one of the best books I've ever read---I find it hard to believe that anyone can even write--think, even--like this.