"...so true to life it will make you cringe in some places and laugh in others. Fast-paced, funny yet heartbreaking, this novel will draw you in and make you care about characters as real as your next door neighbours."
-- Trudy J. Morgan Cole
"The Widows of Paradise Bay is a strong debut from Jill Sooley, well-paced, and stocked with good dialogue and telling details: the plaid bathrobes, the vinyl tablecloths, the TVs tuned to "The Price is Right... And the mood shifts, which sometimes even careen from farce to grief to quotidian concerns, are never out of hand, and instead feel realistic and believable. This is a good read."
--Joan Sullivan, The Telegram
"The Widows of Paradise Bay ends with revelations, resolutions and reconciliations, just like any good down-home story."
-Carla Lucchetta, Globe and Mail
Jill Sooley
The Widows of Paradise Bay
