"There is a defiance about McCartney's writing, a fierce forthrightness in her blunt language." — The Fiddlehead
"Vibrant, polished... stylish, elegant lines... exquisitely written... a familiar universe animated by the small yet pivotal choices that make up a destiny, a life... 'California' and 'Persuasion' contain some of the most powerful, controlled autobiographical poems I have read... edgy, furious... Although merely 'family' poems, they are brutal, acidic, perfectly pitched, unsparing in their particularity." — Event