"Read this and say that you have no resonance with any of the the themes or dialogues and you are saying that you are not a true live human being It is life in all its painful awkward truth"
"Didn't we all read this and think "So there is more to literature that Shakespeare..." The book is brilliant, but the thoughts and passions that it provokes are even better."
"The panacea for the jaded and the tired. If you are feeling weary of life you must read this book. Escape into a world where anything is possible and everything happens for a reason."
"Carol Shields should be read by everyone who has ever doubted anything ever at all. Larry is a normal guy. He lives a normal life and that is the beauty of the book. It is a work of literary art."
"This book is the girl that you always wanted to be at school, perfect, small and to scale. It is genius for what it says and also for what it does not say"
