Today @KirkusReviews...

...I wrote about Jessica Lidh's The Number 7:

The dead grandmother’s segments are, hands down, the strongest part of the book. Her narrative voice is distinct and immediately compelling, the description is crisp and Technicolor-bright, the emotions of her characters have immediacy and depth, and she never resorts to didacticism to explain a complex political situation. She isn’t telling her own story, though, she’s telling her husband’s story—he lost the ability to speak years before his death—and while we never really get many details about her, the strength in her voice is palpable.