At Risk

In a novel the Village Voice calls "memorable" and "striking," Alice Hoffman vividly portrays a family shattered by tragedy when eleven-year-old Amanda is diagnosed with AIDS...

"Brilliant... explosive... heart-rending." --Chicago Tribune

"Graceful... emotionally potent... A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way." --Glamour

"Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human." --Miami Herald

"Compelling power... tenderness and perceptiveness." --New York Times

"I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary." --Mademoiselle

"Deeply impressive... powerful." --Newsweek

"Deeply moving... Sensitivity and empathy... radiate from this beautiful novel." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Compassionate... This is a serious, honest novel." --Village Voice

"Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable." --Kirkus Reviews

"An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel." --Joseph Heller