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"DEAR ZOE is an almost flawless novel of self-discovery and redemption. It is the sort of book that a generation can call 'theirs,' a book that captures the trials of adolescence and the aching numbness of America in the aftermath of 9/11."
THE PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY
"Like [The Lovely Bones], it is a piercing look at how a family recovers from a devastating loss. Beard captures the raw emotion of a 15-year-old girl with impressive dexterity, following Tess through the many stages of grief. Everything about this moving, powerful debut rings true."
BOOKLIST, starred review
"Whatever comparisons are drawn, there is no doubt that this book is a gem all its own."
BOOKREPORTER.COM
Beard has a "perceptive writer's soul" [and he] "peels away the layers of his protagonist's anquish simply and sensitively."
THE WASHINGTON POST
"Affecting"
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"In his soulful debut novel . . . Philip Beard does a pitch-perfect impersonation but never sugar-coats the depths of a young girl's despair."
THE PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
"Lovely . . . moving."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"The whole novel . . . rings with truth. By the end of it, we're meditating on the ideas of loss and redemption, the ways in which personal tragedies get absorbed into larger ones, but never obliterated, never forgotten."
THE BUFFALO NEWS
"What’s not to love about a book devoted to one man’s search for the sweet spots on both the golf clubs and the women in his life? By turns rollicking, ribald, poignant and sweet, LOST IN THE GARDEN is a delightful gem of a book by a writer in complete control of his game."
AUSTIN MURPHY, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
"Michael Benedict reveals his tender, yet virile, underbelly and teaches a great lesson. In the pursuit of new dreams, the ones already fulfilled have more power than a man (or woman) could have imagined. What an honest, comical and oh-so-human story."
RONLYN DOMINQUE, author of THE MERCY OF THIN AIR
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