JOANNA HERSHON

On Joanna Hershon's new novel, THE GERMAN BRIDE:

One of the 25 cultural highlights of 2008

--VOGUE

An elegantly written historical novel...

--VANITY FAIR

To the many expressions of this threshold experience in American immigration literature, by authors from Anzia Yezerskia to Jhumpa Lahiri, Hershon adds an eloquent voice.

--THE WASHINGTON POST

Joanna Hershon had the inspired idea to set her novel among the German-born merchants and traders who in the middle of the 19th century left Europe for the raw possibilities of the American West.

--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Ms. Hershon succeeds in spinning a devastatingly realistic tale of a young life defined by loss — and, ultimately, by resilience.

--THE NEW YORK SUN

At once lyrical and heartbreaking...A beautifully written tale of small sufferings and redemptions.

--KIRKUS (starred review)

"Joanna Hershon's new book, The German Bride, is a surprising novel of grace and refinement. It is a tale of the American West, but unlike any I have ever read before. She enters Willa Cather territory and does it with a rare elegance and complete originality. I was not familiar with Joanna Hershon's work when I read this novel and it made me order her first two books."
––Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides