Reviews
Kirkus Reviews"Industriously researched . . . No historical novel in recent memory has amassed such an imposing wealth of rich period detail, and few novels of any genre extend an increasingly absorbing story to such a powerful, sorrowful conclusion. A brilliant book that should be a strong Pulitzer Prize contender." Library Journal"[A] magnificent epic. . .Barton's second novel is a breathtaking, heartbreaking mix of gender-busting innovation and the story of decent people living enormous lives in a close family whose secrets lead to explosive tragedy. Highly recommended." "Emily Barton is a literary inventor on the order of Thomas Pynchon or John Barth. In BROOKLAND, she has made a time machine for us to travel back to Brooklyn in the eighteenth century, where we accompany Prudence Winship on a remarkable apprenticeship and a still more extraordinary career. We'll meet everyone worth knowing, and learn everything worth learning, not only about gin, and bridge-building, but about sisters and fathers and husbands and the power of the imagination to shape the world. Barton's story is patient, tender, encyclopedic and completely absorbing." --Paul LaFarge, author of "Haussmann, or the Distinction" ""Brookland is a marvelously beguiling novel. From first elegant page to last, Emily Barton has rendered an enticing story, one both moving and entertaining at every level. It's a dazzling and thrilling read, truly an exemplar of modern literature."--Katharine Weber, author of "The Little Women "Ms. Barton is a copiously talented, daring writer." --Adam Begley, "The New York Observer, Kirkus Reviews"Industriously researched . . . No historical novel in recent memory has amassed such an imposing wealth of rich period detail, and few novels of any genre extend an increasingly absorbing story to such a powerful, sorrowful conclusion. A brilliant book that should be a strong Pulitzer Prize contender." Library Journal"ÝA¨ magnificent epic. . .Barton's second novel is a breathtaking, heartbreaking mix of gender-busting innovation and the story of decent people living enormous lives in a close family whose secrets lead to explosive tragedy. Highly recommended." "Emily Barton is a literary inventor on the order of Thomas Pynchon or John Barth. In BROOKLAND, she has made a time machine for us to travel back to Brooklyn in the eighteenth century, where we accompany Prudence Winship on a remarkable apprenticeship and a still more extraordinary career. We'll meet everyone worth knowing, and learn everything worth learning, not only about gin, and bridge-building, but about sisters and fathers and husbands and the power of the imagination to shape the world. Barton's story is patient, tender, encyclopedic and completely absorbing." --Paul LaFarge, author of "Haussmann, or the Distinction""" ""Brookland" is a marvelously beguiling novel. From first elegant page to last, Emily Barton has rendered an enticing story, one both moving and entertaining at every level. It's a dazzling and thrilling read, truly an exemplar of modern literature."--Katharine Weber, author of "The Little Women" "Ms. Barton is a copiously talented, daring writer." --Adam Begley, "The New York Observer", "Brookland is a marvelously beguiling novel. From first elegant page to last, Emily Barton has rendered an enticing story, one both moving and entertaining at every level. It's a dazzling and thrilling read, truly an exemplar of modern literature."-Katharine Weber, author of The Little Women "Ms. Barton is a copiously talented, daring writer." -Adam Begley, The New York Observer