Reviews of If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
 
“. her powerful narrative mixes angst-ridden notes from the front, quiet fears over yellowed photographs, and sad songs from the past playing silently in troubled minds.”
- ALA Booklist Starred Review

 
“McCrumb writes with a quiet fire and maybe a little mountain magic . Like every true storyteller, she has the Sight.”
- The New York Times Book Review

 
“McCrumb draws you close, makes you care, leaves you with the sense, sought for in most fiction, that what has gone on has been not invention but experience recaptured.”
- Los Angeles Times

 
“A masterful tale of suspense . . . This fine novel is the product of a gifted and accomplished writer.”
- Steven Womack, Nashville Banner

 
“Sharyn McCrumb, like every fine writer, has an abiding sense of place, a deep understanding of her world and the forces, human and otherwise, that shape it.”
- San Diego Union-Tribune

 
“This suspenseful novel gets four stars for insight into the human heart above and beyond the call of the usual thriller, as well as a jarring climax.”
- West Coast Review of Books

 
“Sharyn McCrumb makes small town Tennessee come to life with the same love/hate William Faulkner found in describing rural Mississippi. This is one terrific book by an extremely talented writer.”
- Stuart M. Kaminsky

“Filled with believable, complex characters, dead-on social observations and evocative settings, this novel is too good to miss.”
- Atlanta Journal and Constitution
 

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