Poet Wolverton wears many hats — her ambitious debut as a novelist features several poems that could stand alone, a story-within-a-story that gives some needed distance from her characters — and a stark but melodious prose style. — she has created a woman-centered story to which any mother, daughter, friend, or lover can relate. — Kirkus Reviews
With diamond-cutter precision, Terry Wolverton explores the interweaving of families both real and created. In content and in form, BAILEY'S BEADS challenges, troubles, and redeems: a haunting, delicately sparkling debut." — Scott Heim, author of Mysterious Skin