REVIEWS

“Melanie Mitzner’s novel is a sensual, slow reveal of love’s narcotic qualities, our inability to swear off of it, even as it weakens us. We’re plunged into the lives of characters bound by family as they free-fall in richly physical and symbolic worlds. The constant low hum of erotic tension sings to the cravings that course through us.”
  
 --April Ford, author of Carousel, 2020 International Book Awards Winner for LGBTQ Fiction, Finalist  Foreword Indies, LGBTQ+

“Loving is an art in Melanie Mitzner’s ambitious debut about a discordant family of eclectic artists whose lives are thrown into question with an unexpected death. Told with compassion and intelligence, this poignant tale of love, longing and addiction provides a vivid look into the lives of talented and troubled creators, each yearning for relevance and lasting connection.”
--Christopher DiRaddo, author of The Family Way and The Geography of Pluto

“A joy to read and so hard to say goodbye to this cast of characters. Mitzner utterly succeeds in telling this intricate story of two women, a lesbian poet and a married film editor. Deeply philosophical and profoundly human, one is drawn into the lives of a multi-generational New York family in which making art and living a life well-lived, are investigated with heart, intelligence and passion. Slow Reveal is a quiet and urgent page-turner about devotion and intimacy, and what it means to find love and meaning in the process of becoming increasingly true to oneself.”
 
--Carolyn Boll, poet, curator, author of Social Dance, a Book of Ballroom Poetry                                                               

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It’s not often that readers of lesbian fiction are treated to a work of literary fiction so beautiful that it makes you want to tell everyone you know, and everyone you do not know as well. This is a book where you highlight a passage on nearly as many pages as you do not. I admit that it has one more five-star rating because I love this book. I loved it so much that I bought a hardcopy to add to my library, as I intend to revisit the story again and again.
I am unwilling to spoil any aspect of the book for future readers, so in general terms it is about art, death, both nuclear and found families, love, intimacy, past and present struggles with addiction, trust-building, acceptance, relationships broken and under construction. All those issues make for a mess, just like real-life. This is not one of those glossy, word count, churned out books littered throughout the genre. It is a beautifully told story about the messiness and joy of life.
Please read this book. Ms. Mitzner deserves a following worthy of her talents.

not often that readers of lesbian fiction are treated to a work of literary fiction so beautiful that it makes you want to tell everyone you know, and everyone you do not know as well. This is a book where you highlight a passage on nearly as many pages as you do not. I admit that it has one more five-star rating because I love this book. I loved it so much that I bought a hardcopy to add to my library, as I intend to revisit the story again and again.
I am unwilling to spoil any aspect of the book for future readers, so in general terms it is about art, death, both nuclear and found families, love, intimacy, past and present struggles with addiction, trust-building, acceptance, relationships broken and under construction. All those issues make for a mess, just like real-life. This is not one of those glossy, word count, churned out books littered throughout the genre. It is a beautifully told story about the messiness and joy of life.
Please read this book. Ms. Mitzner deserves a following worthy of her talents.

“As the former Canadian director of French publisher Albin-Michel, I worked on French translations of some very talented authors, including Guy Vanderhaghe, Dan Chaon and David Treuer. When Melanie Mitzner's Slow Reveal was presented to me, I read with great pleasure the literary work. There was much to admire in her narrative skills and the emotional integrity of her characters. Her novel was so captivating I could not put it down.”
      --France DesRoches, Former Canadian    Director, Albin-Michel              

 
“Slow Reveal lovingly combines the powers of the creative drive and bonds of family, original and chosen.  I read this in one sitting, way beyond my bedtime.  Brava, Melanie Mitzner.”    
            --Lisa Richland, Former Director, Floyd Memorial Library
 
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