"Carter's world is strange, dangerous, and beautiful."
–Alison Lurie,
The New York Times Book Review"A treasure chest of literary and aesthetic experience ... mysterious, glamorous, beautiful."
–Carolyn See, The Washington Post
"Carter's ability to probe the secret places in the human psyche, where mysterious erotic longings and unacknowledged links with the unearthly lie buried, verges on the supernatural."
–The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Her imagination was one of the most dazzling of this century."
–Marina Warner
"An amazing plum pudding ... you should not miss this book."
–Margaret Atwood, Toronto Globe & Mail