Reviews
Since her debut story collection Absent Without Leave came out in 1992, Jessica Treadway has wowed critics with resonant depictions of flawed, all-too-human characters., Spellbinding, utterly deceptive in its brevity, Jessica Treadway's novel packs into a single day one of the most haunting stories I have ever read about the price we pay for the secrets we keep. It's also about friendship, motherhood, mortality, the meaning of work, and the search for lasting love., Roberta's . . . emotional journey is captured beautifully. Treadway powerfully captures one woman's attempt to live a meaningful existence despite all that she has endured., Treadway combines intense suspense with a smart take on 21st-century adolescence, parenting and justice., The Gretchen Question is a powerful and emotional ride with disorienting, satisfying turns and a stunning end. Treadway is masterful., Praise for Jessica Treadway: "Jessica Treadway draws her characters into an impossible knot and then expertly teases it apart. The question of what really happened to Joy kept me up half the night.", It's been a long time since I've read a novel at once this gripping, and this wise, and psychologically complex. As a portrait of motherhood, and an exploration of the limits of knowledge?of others, of one's self?Lacy Eye probes, devastates, and informs., "Spellbinding, utterly deceptive in its brevity, Jessica Treadway's novel packs into a single day one of the most haunting stories I have ever read about the price we pay for the secrets we keep. It's also about friendship, motherhood, mortality, the meaning of work, and the search for lasting love." -- Julia Glass, National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes and A House Among the Trees "The Gretchen Question is a powerful and emotional ride with disorienting, satisfying turns and a stunning end. Treadway is masterful." -- Lily King, author of Euphoria and Writers & Lovers "Roberta's . . . emotional journey is captured beautifully. Treadway powerfully captures one woman's attempt to live a meaningful existence despite all that she has endured." -- Publishers Weekly "A thoughtful, and thought-provoking, meditation on love, loss, and legacy." -- Kirkus Reviews "Beautifully written... raw... heart-wrenching." -- The Portland Book Review "Moving... delicately paced... The story takes on an urgency that carves an edge into everything." -- Book Trib Praise for Jessica Treadway: "Jessica Treadway draws her characters into an impossible knot and then expertly teases it apart. The question of what really happened to Joy kept me up half the night." -- Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of State of Wonder "A writer with an unsparing bent for the truth." -- The New York Times Book Review "Treadway combines intense suspense with a smart take on 21st-century adolescence, parenting and justice." -- People "Book of the Week" "It's been a long time since I've read a novel at once this gripping, and this wise, and psychologically complex. As a portrait of motherhood, and an exploration of the limits of knowledge?of others, of one's self?Lacy Eye probes, devastates, and informs." -- Elizabeth Graver, author of The End of the Point "Since her debut story collection Absent Without Leave came out in 1992, Jessica Treadway has wowed critics with resonant depictions of flawed, all-too-human characters." -- The Boston Globe "An intricately plotted psychological thriller." -- The Chicago Tribune
