Reviews
"Gabriel tells her story in a bell-clear voice... her fury at curcumstance is aching and voluminous." Kirkus Reviews, "Irreverent and tremendously moving? Gabriel handles heartbreaking issues frankly and with grace in this vigorously composed memoir." Publishers Weekly, "In this fiercely emotional memoir, Gabriel blends the story of her personal medical odyssey with the history of the disease."MORE Magazine, "Remarkable, uncompromising and full of intelligence and insight Gabriel has done a great service in probing social attitudes and in describing the intricate, often unspoken negotiations between the sick and the well." ?Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author ofWolf Hall, "Vivid and tense, at once raw and stylish,Eating Pomegranatesbrings the reader very close--for some readers unbearably close--to reality . . . devastatingly intimate."John Carey, author ofWhat Good Are the Arts?, "Gabriel shares an estimable gift for memoir and introspection in this forceful account? Raw grace is in evidence here as Gabriel lives to speak to realities to which all too many women can relate." Booklist(Starred Review), "Gabriel writes with stunning precision. Her fear and bravery is palpable"Robin Romm, author ofThe Mercy Papers
