Praise for An Ordinary Star
" Sofia 's small world of family and neighbourhood is vividly evoked and powerfully described...beautiful and haunting, written with a lyrical acceptance...the reader is left with an appreciation of Giangrande's skill and vision."
- Quill and Quire
"What Giangrande has accomplished in An Ordinary Star is far from ordinary...a gentle unfurling of both the tragedies and the joys ( Sofia ) has beheld in the course of her light and dark dappled life."
- Books in Canada
"Giangrande brings the flavour of Sofia Fiore's multi-ethnic neighbourhood to life...descriptive passages are buoyant and poetic...The references to music particularly evocative...The reader is transported along with Sofia, upon the musical notes, to a place where it is possible to believe in the novel's wondrous events..."
- The Winnipeg Free Press
