Review
This book was difficult to put down. Sara came to life in the novel, drawing the reader into another place. -- The Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 30, 2003
Those who have traveled such dark corridors will appreciate Jones' sensitive portrayal of a terrifying journey -- Commonwealth Review, June 26, 2003
Those who have traveled such dark corridors will appreciate Jones' sensitive portrayal of a terrifying journey -- Commonwealth Review, June 26, 2003
From the Author
Unlike my first two books (No Shakespeare Allowed, and The Beginning of Unbelief), The Hollow Summer was one of those stories I had to rip out of myself before I could go on to write anything else. It was my way of trying to figure out an illness that remains a mystery to me. And when I was a teenager it was particularly baffling. I have never been good at talking about depression. But writing about it helped untangle feelings and memories that literally had no other outlet. It also helped that I was writing about a fictional character with her own world that was often similar to mine but never identical.
I would like to think that even though this book concerns depression it is not a depressing book. There is a kind of sly humor that runs through the story. And I sincerely believe it's this humor zipping in and out of the darkness that still keeps me going even through the worst days.
