"An astonishing novel replete with the amazing possibilities of survival, reunion and letting go." --
The Globe and Mail "Gibb is surely one of the most talented writers around. . . . She can do funny, she can do sad, she can do sex. I suspect that there is little that this wonderful woman cannot do." --
The Times (London)
"Gibb has an impressive gift for tart description. . . . Her depictions are seductive: each is so sordid you can't help but be fascinated . . . bursting with ideas and insight." --
Vancouver Sun "Camilla Gibb is developing a reputation for sharp, coruscating narratives of dysfunctional families. . . . [This is a] funny, twisted, heart-breaking novel." --
The Independent (UK)
"Gibb's literary masterpiece inspires us to reflect on our own lives." --
Hamilton Spectator Praise for Mouthing the Words "
Mouthing the Words rings with an authority rarely found in first novels. By dint of Gibb's lush, visceral prose,
Mouthing the Words persuasively charts one woman's journey back to wholeness." --
The Washington Post "Gibb's debut novel is both gut-wrenching and gut-busting. Ridiculously good for a first novel." --
NOW Magazine "Gibb scales her story small, twists her sentences into prickly, unsentimental assaults and ends up with a portrait of terrible, comic humanity." --
The New York Times
The remarkable new novel by the acclaimed author of Mouthing the Words.