The Kirkus review has been posted online, and I’m thrilled to report that it’s a great one.
Kirkus Reviews is a magazine of book reviews published on the first and 15th of each month. It offers previews of books before publication, as well as short but critical reviews of each book.
It’s an important moment in a book’s life. It’s a review that booksellers, librarians, and the like pay attention to.
Of The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, Kirkus says:
“Dicks (Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, 2012, etc.) well balances Caroline’s caution against Polly’s pluck, Caroline’s passive-aggressiveness against Polly’s outrage, creating a believable mother-daughter relationship. As each secret comes to light, he shapes their initially fraught ties into strong friendship.
Heartwarming and often darkly humorous, this road trip for vengeance fairly cries out for filming.”
