“Livesey is a writer of tremendous grace and precision … . [Her] wonderful new novel will haunt you in a sweet way, and leave you with a spark of hope for us all.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Livesey writes with such restraint that the shock lies in events themselves, not her language. She uses metaphors beautiful in their precision … . Simultaneously chilling and compassionate.”
—The Washington Post Book World
“Perfectly structured … In prose direct and precise she limns Eva’s story with steady authority.”
—The Atlantic Monthly
“Livesey’s prose, gentle and restrained, turns the novel into a wistful fairy tale. She offers an acute understanding of the connection between death and its companion, helplessness.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“A novel of great depth and care.”
—Elle
“A quirky and enchanting novel about the thin curtain that separates our world from the next.”
—Alice Hoffman
“[Livesey’s] lyrical voice infuses the deceptively simple story with its own power.”
—USA Today
“Conjured with economical and vivid detail … In fashioning a novel that is both moving and mysterious, she has also put an original spin on the ghost story.”
—The Austin Chronicle
“Eva Moves the Furniture is a finely crafted, exquisitely wrought novel.”
—Boston Herald
“Livesey’s novel elegantly traverses loneliness, love, and the bond between mother and daughter.”
—Portland Oregonian
“Not since Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping has there been such a beautiful novel about the bond between mother and daughter. Radiant, perfectly poised, Eva Moves the Furniture casts a powerful spell.”
—Andrea Barrett