Lucy Jane Bledsoe

"One woman's authentic search to discover what matters."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"With its appealing cast of strong, unusual women characters and its sophisticated sense of humor (a life coach who is a kleptomaniac is just one of many delicious ironies), Bledsoe’s fourth novel is a deftly written take on the search for authenticity."
-- Booklist

"Bledsoe's sleek fourth novel, packed with complex female characters...is an intelligent, introspective, and smartly sarcastic story about the shackles of the past, the pressures of a present built on falsehoods, and the promise of reinvention and renewal in the future." -- Bookmarks 10 Best Books of the Year


"A haunting and profoundly satisfying novel." --Lambda Book Report

"This stunning novel is simultaneously lighthearted and heartbreaking, with extraordinarily memorable characters you can’t help but root for. With intelligence and elegance, it explores important themes such as authenticity, grace and self-sabotage in prose that can best be compared to the light, efficient sprint of an Olympic runner. Biting the Apple is an excellent, insightful read." -- Just Out

"Fluid and elegant." -- Jane and Jane

"There's a glow about [Eve Glass] that none of the other characters in Bledsoe's brilliant new novel seem able to resist.... What is finally so magical about Biting the Apple is Bledsoe's analysis of expectations.... In stunning prose Bledsoe captures the difficulty of letting go of these expectations--and the promising quiet that follows." --AfterEllen.com

"Bledsoe sinks her teeth into subjects both hard and juicy here -- nostalgia, obsession, what can inspire a life or derail it -- and the result is an engrossing tale of tangled lives."
-- Emma Donoghue, author, Life Mask

"Adventure lovers are in for a treat....Action, dialogue, and musings are perfectly balanced in this hard-to-put-down book."
-- Library Journal

"This is an honest -- at times wrenchingly so -- exploration of a personal relationship with wilderness, adrenaline and endorphins."
-- Portsmouth Herald

"It is a fine thing that people like Lucy Jane Bledsoe write about sleeping in the snow and camping in the desert. It means that people like me can learn about such adventures without having to undertake them."
-- Bill Littlefield, NPR

"Layered, literary, and unflinchingly honest." -- World Hum: Travel Dispatches from a Shrinking Planet

"The Ice Cave is an exhilarating read....There's an aching beauty to her tales of travel."
-- Passport Magazine

"Thrilling adventure, bringing close the amazing science and geography as well as the gritty facts of human survival in the frigid environment...a fascinating journey to a little known and understood place." -- Booklist

"Bledsoe's enthusiasm for the wonders of Antarctica is absolutely contagious." -- VOYA

"Endlessly engaging." -- East Bay Express