Jennifer Heath - A House White with Sorrow

For centuries, Afghanistan has hovered near the antipodes of Eurocentric through, an exotic region populated by the racist, sexist and imperialist fantasies of Empire, whether British, Russian or American. Jennifer Heath has rescued it from the miasma of misconception, telling the tale of its betrayal and dismemberment, both form within and without, with writing that is swift, sure and lyrical. Vivid, immediate and underscored by genuine pathos, A House White With Sorrow belongs to that rare species of the American novel, the kind that engage us not only emotionally, but ethically, too.
– Patrick Pritchett, The Daily Camera

A House White with Sorrow is a heartrending, heartwarming, very human novel in which a young American woman's life becomes inextricably entwined with the lives and politics of Afghanistan. Jennifer Heath weaves memory and imagination with verse and intelligence. I was fascinated.
– Lucy R. Lippard, activist/art writer "Overlay," "Get the Message," "Lure of the Local"

...A gripping and engaging novel by an accomplished storyteller. Heath writes with great insight about a land and culture ravaged by internal and COld War rivaltries. Unpretentious and marvelous....Shabash!
– David Barsamian, Alternative Radio