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\u201cHow do you survive the unendurable? Marro\u2019s gorgeous debut is about war, grief, guilt, and grappling with the truths you don\u2019t expect, and finally taking the risk and acknowledging the ones that you do. Moving and full of heart.\u201d\u2014Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow<\/span><\/span> and Pictures of You<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 this powerful first novel will leave the reader reflecting for days.” – Library Journal\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMarro\u2019s perception of the hurt and guilt her characters carry is deftly portrayed\u2026 Marro provides a clear sense that, while the past can\u2019t be undone, the future always offers a chance to make amends, and the human spirit can triumph over pain and find hope in family and forgiveness. Marro casts a ray of hope that a good life can be lived after terrible tragedy.\u201d Kirkus Reviews<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s an emotional jolt early in the pages of Elizabeth Marro\u2019s debut novel Casualties that reminds us not all battle scars start on the battlefield. The bell-like tolls of this tragic event will reverberate throughout the rest of this heartbreaking novel as Ruth and Casey, two strangers broken by grief and regret, reluctantly join together on a cross-country road trip. Elizabeth Marro made me care about these two people so much that by the end of the novel I\u2019d forgotten they were fictional characters and I was ready to call them up to see how they were doing and if they\u2019d finally found their way toward peace and forgiveness.\u201d\u2014David Abrams, author of Fobbit<\/p>\n \u201cWith its gripping plot and seasoned prose, it is hard to imagine that Casualties is Elizabeth Marro\u2019s debut novel.\u00a0 She writes of a mother\u2019s worst nightmare, and offers no easy answers.\u00a0 By the end of her novel we care for her characters, and hope that each can find the elusive redemption they so desire.\u201d\u2014Alan Russell, bestselling author of Burning Man<\/p>\n \u201cConflicting human needs, difficult choices, missed opportunities, and the random luck of the draw challenge the true-to-life, complicated characters in Elizabeth Marro\u2019s page-turning novel. This is an important story set against the drama of today\u2019s volatile world that asks moral questions yet, ultimately, resides in the heart.\u201d\u2014Judy Reeves, author of Wild Women, Wild Voices<\/p>\n \u201cMarro\u2019s debut novel is thought-provoking and has the tendency to tug on one\u2019s heartstrings. This novel is a real eye-opener.\u201d Four Stars. \u2013 RT Book<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201c\u2026tremendous debut\u2026Casualties is a heartfelt, harrowing story, but never maudlin or melodramatic. Marro moves back and forth through multiple perspectives, each one believable and real, yet impossible to predict. When Ruth recalls her grandmother\u2019s advice, it feels like the ache of a lesson learned the hard way. \u201cIt\u2019s all one life, honey. You can\u2019t just start a new one because you don\u2019t like the one you have.\u201d\u00a0Citybeat<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLoss, both the kind you do not ask for and the kind you invite, does not mean starting over. It does not mean giving up. Marro has other plans for loss. Loss is sometimes the clearing out of the path we take to heal ourselves of wounds long neglected. Her characters\u2019 journey becomes ours and, as a consequence, we exult in their hard-won reckonings.\u201d\u00a0North Shore Book Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA powerful novel about how war affects whole families, not just individual soldiers. This is an impressive debut novel from Elizabeth Marro.\u201d\u00a0Nudge\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAt its heart,\u00a0Casualties<\/i>\u00a0is a moving story about two broken strangers who take to the road together and, during their journey, find a way to help each other heal. My biggest concern is that the book ends before the story does. Marro has left plenty of material for a sequel. \u201d\u00a0Chick Lit Central<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHow do you survive the unendurable? Marro\u2019s gorgeous debut is about war, grief, guilt, and grappling with the truths you don\u2019t expect, and finally taking the risk and acknowledging the ones that you do. Moving and full of heart.\u201d\u2014Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You<\/br>
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