Critical Praise
"The story-telling is engaging, full of the quotidian joys and sorrows of a winning and indomitable woman."
——The Washington Post Book World
"The Arnow family is utterly irresistible…. Swimming Toward the Ocean navigates important family territory with precision and warmth."
——Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Achieves such a fine balance of humor, pathos, and atmosphere that one is tempted to call it a masterpiece of its kind."
——Elle