“[An] absorbing...breathless page-turner.”──《科克斯書評》
“Blum’s vivid and personal reimagining is an entertaining addition to the constellation of work on this important figure, giving insight into the vulnerable girl’s heart behind the groundbreaking work.” ──《出版人周刊》
“Elegantly weaving existing memoir and letters into a beautifully constructed narrative, Blum brings to convincing and exciting life the early years of Margaret Mead. Mead's ‘coming of age’, both intellectually and sexually, turns out to have been no less fascinating than that of the Samoan girls she famously studied. Blum's story is absorbing, surprising, and eminently satisfying.”──Marisa Silver, author of Little Nothing and Mary Coin
“Deborah Beatriz Blum is a splendid storyteller, and what a terrific story she tells: the adventurous early life and loves of the strangely alluring Margaret Mead. With deep research and narrative energy, Blum presents a revelatory, intimate portrait of the young Mead, before, and during her nine months in Samoa, when her passionate secret life was wakening.”──Jeffrey Frank, author of national bestseller Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
"Through Blum's narrative, Mead becomes more than a quotable female pioneer and transforms into a three-dimensional woman."──《圖書館期刊》
