“A moving, at times jolting, saga… expertly sketched, vivid and memorable”
“The Conditions of Love is the debut novel of Dale M. Kushner, a poet and writer in Wisconsin. It moves slowly and gingerly during its opening section when Eunice is a preteen, and it might easily be viewed at the start as a coming-of-age book for a younger set of readers. But by the end of that section, when facts-of-life shocks begin to strike, it turns into a moving, at times jolting, saga.
Kushner’s scenes, like her characters, are expertly sketched, vivid and memorable… Engrossing to the end, this is a fine first novel.”
—Kendall Weaver, The Associated Press
