<div><p>Praise for Sam Savage:</P><p>"With paragraphs as rich as koans, this is as powerful a meditation on living life?and facing its end?as you are likely to read anytime soon."?<I>Booklist</I></P><p>"Stream-of-consciousness fiction with a satisfying emotional weight: another intriguing experiment in narrative voice from Savage."?<I>Kirkus Reviews</I></P><p> ?Sam Savage manages to be both artful and literal-minded in this faux autobiographical tale of childhood and a mother afflicted and finally driven mad by her wish for artistic success. Savage writes knowingly about the uncertainties of childhood memory, but creates a convincing world of sibling combat and adult pretension. A wonderful, absorbing novel.”?C. Michael Curtis, Fiction Editor, <I>The Atlantic Monthly</I><p> Savage's latest novel dismantles the mythic greats of the past?an American South that never was and a mother's artistic pretensions that never should have been. In the story of Eve, Savage finds a voice that captures both the frustrations of our degraded world and the tender sympathy it evokes for all our sad efforts to leave something beautiful behind.<BR></div>