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I couldn't stop reading this. I'll never stop remembering it. --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club Only a writer of extraordinary gifts could bring so much light to bear on so dark a matter, redeeming it with the steadiness of her gaze and the uncanny, heartbreaking exactitude of her language. --Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy's Life Beautifully written . . . jumping back and forth in time yet drawing you irresistibly toward the heart of a great evil. --The New York Times Like all good literature, The Kiss illuminates something that we knew already, while also teaching us things we had not even suspected. --Los Angeles Times A darkly beautiful book, fearless and frightening, ironic and compassionate. --Mary Gordon, author of Circling My Mother Harrison's story is her own, but it is also a brilliant fiction, densely mythic, sometimes almost liturgical sounding and raw. She is both author and protagonist of a dark pilgrim's progress. --The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

I couldn't stop reading this. I'll never stop remembering it. --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club <br> Only a writer of extraordinary gifts could bring so much light to bear on so dark a matter, redeeming it with the steadiness of her gaze and the uncanny, heartbreaking exactitude of her language. --Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy's Life <br> Beautifully written . . . jumping back and forth in time yet drawing you irresistibly toward the heart of a great evil. -- The New York Times <br> Like all good literature, The Kiss illuminates something that we knew already, while also teaching us things we had not even suspected. -- Los Angeles Times <br> A darkly beautiful book, fearless and frightening, ironic and compassionate. --Mary Gordon, author of Circling My Mother<br> <br> Harrison's story is her own, but it is also a brilliant fiction, densely mythic, sometimes almost liturgical sounding and raw. She is both author and protagonist of a dark pilgrim's pro

I couldn't stop reading this. I'll never stop remembering it. --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club <br><br> Only a writer of extraordinary gifts could bring so much light to bear on so dark a matter, redeeming it with the steadiness of her gaze and the uncanny, heartbreaking exactitude of her language. --Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy's Life <br><br> Beautifully written . . . jumping back and forth in time yet drawing you irresistibly toward the heart of a great evil. -- The New York Times <br><br> Like all good literature, The Kiss illuminates something that we knew already, while also teaching us things we had not even suspected. -- Los Angeles Times <br> <br> A darkly beautiful book, fearless and frightening, ironic and compassionate. --Mary Gordon, author of Circling My Mother<br> <br> Harrison's story is her own, but it is also a brilliant fiction, densely mythic, sometimes almost liturgical sounding and raw. She is both author and protagonist of a dark pilgrim's progress. -- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

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Kathryn Harrison's novels include Thicker than Water and Exposure, both New York Times Notable Books, and Poison, called ""powerful and hypnotic"" by The New York Times and ""a masterpiece"" by Lucy Grealy.  Harrison lives in New York.

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