Clear, rain-washed prose ...In Allegra Goodman's ebullient, bittersweet, plaintive Song of Sharon, the heroine's true achievement is finding poetry in.becoming who she's been all along. -The New York Times Book Review [The] narrator, that Sharon Spiegelman, has one of the most enchanting, idiosyncratic voices since Augie March. -The Washington Post Book World With Sharon Spiegelman, Goodman has created a Huck Finn for the modern age, drifting down the river of American spirituality. -The Christian Science Monitor Like Saul Bellow and Philip Roth before her, Goodman has achieved a breakthrough book. -Time