At Risk

At Risk

In a novel the <b>Village Voice</b> calls "memorable" and "striking," Alice Hoffman vividly portrays a family shattered by tragedy when eleven-year-old Amanda is diagnosed with AIDS...<p><i>"Brilliant...explosive...heart-rending."</i> --<b>Chicago Tribune</b><p><i> "Graceful...emotionally potent...A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way."</i>--<b>Glamour</b><p><i> "Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human."</i>--<b>Miami Herald</b><p><i> "Compelling power...tenderness and perceptiveness." </i> --<b>New York Times</b><p><i> "I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary." </i> --<b>Mademoiselle</b><p><i> "Deeply impressive...powerful." </i> --<b>Newsweek</b><p><i> "Deeply moving...Sensitivity and empathy...radiate from this beautiful novel." </i>--<b>Chicago Sun-Times</b><p><i> "Compassionate...This is a serious, honest novel." </i>--<b>Village Voice</b><p><i> "Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable." </i> --<b>Kirkus Reviews</b><p><i> "An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel." </i> --<b>Joseph Heller</b></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>