QUARRY LIGHT in American Book Review

“Comment and Witness” - Mary Pettice reviews QUARRY LIGHT for American Book Review!

“The stories in Claudia Smith’s collection, Quarry Light, are stunning. Her language is pristine and nostalgic, and her characters are drawn with studied sympathy. And yet, the stories are quite literally stunning: they slowly lead us into the devastating clash of innocence and brutality. She draws us in with almost clinical, understated narration—so understated that the full realization of what has happened can only accost the reader with simultaneous hesitation and horror. To read this book is to take the same, ineffectual defense the characters employ or fully face their pain. “ The review in its entirety is here