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