A Private State

In the New York Times Book Review, Lisa Zeidner, a professor of English at Rutgers University, wrote, "Bacon is attempting to produce exciting fiction about essentially unexciting and predictable lives -- a surprisingly difficult task. It's hard to get the balance right between dailiness and drama. Readers may occasionally wish that these women and Bacon's stories took more chances. She often succeeds."^[2]

• Charlette Bacon. A Private State, University of Massachusetts Press, 1997. ISBN 1-55849-114-7