Reviews

"… Debut author McKelvey has a gift for conjuring and maintaining a sepulchral atmosphere of expectancy. As the plot progresses, the reader will become gradually and tantalizingly aware that he or she is being led to a dramatic crescendo.
… A morbidly eerie and artfully crafted psychological thriller."


—KIRKUS REVIEWS
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“…it harbors thorns that can pierce both the skin and the heart.”


—Joe Kilgore
"RECOMMENDED" by THE US REVIEW OF BOOKS
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“A Real Daughter is the real thing: a compelling, psychologically astute inquiry into the seismic shifts on one, uneasily blending California family haunted by the past.”


—CRISTINA GARCIA, NOVELIST,
DREAMING IN CUBAN, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST


“Lynne McKelvey treads a path through a secretive garden of Eden where all of nature’s instincts get turned on their head. The writing is luscious and chilling. Expect to be afraid – and then horrified.”


—MARY MORRISSY, NOVELIST, MOTHER OF PEARL,
LANNAN LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION


“Has a Maupassant quality of horror artfully restrained – until it isn’t…Masterful writing and storytelling…Deeply unnerving.”

—HILARY REYL, NOVELIST, LESSONS IN FRENCH


“Unputdownable"

JIM KRUSOE, NOVELIST, THE SLEEP GARDEN