The Facts Of Life

‘This is the kind of book I love to read! It’s an epic saga about family, love, war, and magic. Joyce’s characters are memorable. They remind me of some of my own weird relatives. I have not been so charmed by a novel in a long time.’ – Isabel Allende

‘Mr Joyce skillfully reigns in his oddball menagerie and…Makes his remarkable, magical little story a memorable one.’ The Washington Times

‘Graham Joyce creates families to break your heart.’ The Guardian

‘Joyce is brilliant…(this) is a book about beginnings that are also continuities and about ordinary lives stranger than casual inspection knows.’ Time Out (London)

‘Joyce walks with the grace of a circus star, or a Henry James, on that narrow line between seeing and being.’ Salon.com

‘A rich and engaging account of particular lives amid history and great change, narrated with real grace by a master…’ Kirkus

‘This is a story about family bonds, the love and devotion that a mother has for her children, and the will to survive in all of us.’ The Historical Society

‘The Facts Of Life is simply formidable.’ The Third Alternative

‘(A) heartwarming story, marvelously told’ Denver Rocky Mountain News