I have had the pleasure of not only reading this book but I have been fortunate enough to actually know the author. Jaimee Colbert is a very pristine and talented woman. Her work is excellent and manages to capture the reader's full attention from beginning to end!

WINNER OF THE WILLA CATHER FICTION PRIZE

"A debut novel set in a haunted Maine town. Eerie, understated, and deft. Colbert uses atmosphere the way David Lean uses scenery." -Kirkus Reviews

"The scope of Jaimee Wriston Colbert's storytelling is impressive, with no fewer than 16 central characters delineated in intricately overlapping narratives. The stories stand on their own as sensitive and unsentimental evocations of unrelieved loss." -The New York Times Book Review

"Here is a writer who, in powerfully linked stories, movingly evokes both our craving for the sacred and our tenacious embrace of the profane." -Dawn Raffel, Judge, Willa Cather Fiction Prize

"Ingeniously constructed and sensitively rendered, Climbing the God Tree is a compelling and moving novel." -Madison Smartt Bell

"Colbert has a knack for creating vivid characters and handles well the novel's recurring themes of loss and retribution." -Publisher's Weekly

Wonderful collection of short fiction by one of Maine's sharpest authors. Jaimee Colbert weaves magic into every story. Compassion, strength and creativity are her trademarks.