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CHRIS CANDER

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Reviews of WHISPER HOLLOW

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KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED REVIEW)
“Cander divinely delves into multiple points of view, crafting a collage of vibrant, layered characters while charting six decades of poignant, precise moments. A distinctive novel that sublimely measures the distressed though determined heartbeat of a small mountain community.”…read more

SHELF AWARENESS (STARRED REVIEW)
“Cander weaves together the stories of these varied characters across nearly five decades with skill and grace, and in her hands, Whisper Hollow grows into much more than the sum of its many parts. The result is a memorable novel about the bonds of town and family, the strength of friendships in unlikely places and the power of secrets to shape a life–or many lives–often without anyone even recognizing it.”…read more

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
“Whisper Hollow” is wonderful. It’s carefully written, unpredictable, sexy when it should be and scary when it has to be. Religion plays a significant role, winding through the plot like veins of coal in a mine. In its depiction of long-buried family secrets and the cost of keeping them, Cander’s book channels Faulkner. Some sections are reminiscent of D.H. Lawrence, who grew up in an English coal-mining village and wrote about working-class mining life in “Sons and Lovers.”…read more

GLAMOUR
Whisper Hollow is unbearably sad at times, but enrapturing all the way through…read more

MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
A multigenerational story set in a West Virginia coal mining town, “Whisper Hollow” is so vivid a tale of twisted devotion, true love and tragedy that you will emerge from it wiping coal dust from your eyes…read more

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN
So masterfully controlled is the pace and tone of “Whisper Hollow” that you can swing a pick axe without hitting any impurities…read more

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AT THE INKWELL
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