Black & White

Shapiro does something rather thrilling with her story: she gets it just right. * Washington Post *
Universal dilemmas face us all, and it is the novelist's job to breathe life into them one way or another, and this is something Shapiro does very well indeed * New York Times Book Review *
Trenchant and enduring * Los Angeles Times Book Review *
Shapiro's central characters are expertly rendered * Elle Magazine *
Spellbinding...provocative, hypnotic...spot-on authentic. A cool depiction of a mother and daughter's fraught and fiery relationship * USA Today *
Uncompromising storytelling.... The ideas Shapiro grapples with resonate, and she raises trenchant and enduring questions that resist easy answers * Los Angeles Times *
Oprah’s Book Club readers or fans of Jodi Picoult will enjoy this psychologically gripping book * Library Journal *
The novel offers some fine insights into marriage, the making of art and the often difficult mother-daughter dynamic * Publishers Weekly *
Shapiro portrays [this family] with compassion and humanity - nobody's really a villain, though all of her characters are flawed... Black & White is really about the shades of grey in human relationships * Bookpage *
Enthralling, fast-paced and a great read. * The Miami Herald *