Critical Praise

"Haunting and profoundly moving... At turns brave, frustrating, and fragile, [Ellen] Feldman’s characters live and love with breathtaking intensity."
   — Booklist (starred review)

"A remarkable novel driven by the powerful engine of most great literature: the yearning for a self."
   — Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A GOOD SCENT FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN

"An intimate look at how we can be dismantled and rebuilt by changing times."
   — O: The Oprah Magazine

"A deftly revealing...portrait of the changing face of America... heartbreaking reality."
   — Marie Claire

"An honest American experience of the aftermath of World War II rendered in sharp detail and full of pathos, NEXT TO LOVE tells us what we hate to acknowledge --- that personal battles don’t end with the armistice."
   — Susan Vreeland, author of CLARA AND MR. TIFFANY

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