Pat Lynchs work, with its astute social consciousness and reporters sharp eye, tunes us in: to language with its revelations and betrayals, to subtexts, to nuance, to irony. Her characters engage us emotionally; her stories peel away the layers with humor and great humanity. Lynch is funny the way that Lears fool is funny: she tells the truth. She is (as the teenage Dustin Blake would say in "Hand-Me-Downs") a "hella good" writer.
-Susan Kelly-DeWitt, author of The Fortunate Islands
Pat Lynchs work is a pleasure, especially if we define pleasure as delivering a world and a sensibility...
Pat Lynchs work, with its astute social consciousness and reporters sharp eye, tunes us in: to language with its revelations and betrayals, to subtext...
