Where’d You Go, Bernadette? meets Eat, Pray, Love.” — The Skimm
“Birkelund writes sensuous, myth-ridden prose, intensely alive to the natural world. She spins a tale here that feels both ancient and very new, and sets it in a landscape at once so dangerous and so beautiful that the story and the mountains seem to be part of each other.” — Beth Gutcheon, author of Gossip and Still Missing
“Elizabeth Birkelund is a graceful, intelligent writer, full of energy and wit, and I love the way she blends American and European themes.” — Roxana Robinson, author of Sparta
“In Birkelund’s gorgeous prose, the mountains take on an astonishing glory and ferocity, a fitting background for Jim Olsen’s poignant and compelling journey from sorrow to self-discovery.” — Lauren Belfer, author of A Fierce Radiance
“Racing from the breathtaking heights of the Swiss Alps to the heady power circles of Paris and New York, The Runaway Wife scales the peaks of human adventure and plumbs the depths of the human heart.” — Ellen Feldman, author of Terrible Virtue and Next to Love