Cohen's evocative first novel...unfolds during the hot summer when Mole is 11 years old and Tilly is about to turn 13, and the story of their parents' deaths begins to melt, to assume the fluidity that all such stories have.

A gorgeous first novel about the mystical time between childhood and maturity, when reality and fantasy seem to converge, and everything seems possible.

Exquisitely evoked.

Balancing a child's curiosity and an adult's sophistication, [Cohen's prose] is itself an awakening.

Joyous and poetic...Like a wondrous childhood treasure rediscovered beneath the front porch steps.

Luminous.