"A complex exploration of grief, faith, and restoration...in poignant, meditative, and stirring prose Hillman tells a heartrending and heartwarming tale of love and sacrifice.”—Booklist on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted (starred review)
"Hillman crafts a compelling tale, toggling among Tom's, Hannah's, and Peter's perspectives, as he delineates the stripping of each heart and draws together the ties that bind them together again. A heart-wrenching tale of love enduring all things in the face of evil."—Kirkus Reviews on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
"An uplifting exploration of how people rise above tragedy to find joy...An impressive, riveting tale of how two disparate and well-drawn people recover from soul-wrenching grief and allow themselves to truly love again."—Publishers Weekly on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
"A triumphant examination of history, politics, literature, and the pall and sorrow of grief…Hillman’s vivid observations of regional details, keen perceptions of local customs, absorbing storyline, and sympathetic characters make the novel impossible to put down."—Washington Independent Review of Books on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
"Robert Hillman entwines, with risk and skill, different and seemingly incompatible stories…He adds heft to the distinguished fiction of rural Australia."—Australian on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
"It is not often that a novel is both a great read and a sobering chronicle about the painful possibilities of human behaviour…Robert Hillman’s The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted is such a one."—Sydney Morning Herald on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
"Hillman’s ability to conjure up the rhythms and texture of rural life is a source of joy…This is a novel about the importance of freedom as well as the redemptive qualities of love—and how facing up to the past can be the key to both freedom and love."—Saturday Paper on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
"Vivid and moving."—Sydney Morning Herald