Summary and Reviews of Any Small Thing Can Save You by Christina Adam

Media Reviews

Kirkus Reviews Elegant minimalism that creates lasting images.

Publishers Weekly Medieval bestiaries were compendiums of animal lore particularly descriptions of exotic and fantastic beasts as well as anthologies of moral instruction the fiery breath of the dragon provoked fear of hell, while the pelican, bringing her dead children back to life with blood from her own breast, was an allegorical Christ. The animals in this collection of 26 vignettes (one for each letter of the alphabet) from Adam (Sleeping with the Buffalo) are generally more commonplace than their antique counterparts, but the revelations they inspire are profoundly affecting and often gorgeous.

 Alice Munro There is indeed a quiet magic about it, a cumulative power.

 Dianne Benedict, author of Shiny Objects . . . incredible . . . . water to a parched throat.

 Jim Harrison [A book] of surpassing grace and beauty.

 Kim Barnes This book is...spellbinding in its vision.

 Kim Barnes, author of In the Wilderness I read this book first with curiosity and then with wonder. The prose is heartbreakingly beautiful. The simplest of acts becomes infused with meaning and affirmation. With wisdom, insight, and a hawk's eye for detail, Adam weaves the lives of animals into the lives of the men and women whose daily existence seems precariously balanced between hope and despair. This book is an uncommon gift, spellbinding in its vision.