A poignant tale of two girls on the brink of adulthood faced with real decisions about their future, who they want to be, and what role boys will play in their decisions.' - School Library Journal, * 'The poetry is richly allusive, with particular entries smartly and self-consciously modeled on poems by Pablo Neruda, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, and Wallace Stevens among others, and the imagery is often startling with an originality that exhales into a perfect aptness for the experience. This is more than simply a language-lover's edition of traditional chick-lit fare, however the back-and-forth interplay of perspectives calibrates the delicate edge between the poignant yearning for intimacy and the psychic need for separation, as Becca grows beyond a need to hold on to a love truly lost, and Camille lets go of the fear that's driving her away from a love that might have a chance.' -The Bulletin, starred review, 'The girls have distinct, believable voices. I read it twice.'-Miranda July, author ofNo One Belongs Here More Than You, * 'The poetry is richly allusive, with particular entries smartly and self-consciously modeled on poems by Pablo Neruda, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, and Wallace Stevens among others, and the imagery is often startling with an originality that exhales into a perfect aptness for the experience. It's full of echoes and resonant fractures, and so beguiling in its eerie simplicity. 'A love of language, literature, and the city of Atlanta, where lives, pervades her sophomore novel, a thoughtfully wrought coming-of-age story.McVoy's prose is confident and adventurous.A fresh, observant story.' - Publishers Weekly, 'All women who have thought ?run!' - but did not run - will experience this book like a familiar dream.

After the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoy