The Flood Reviews:

"Set in the 1950's amoung Jewish refugees living in Kansas, THE FLOOD is a precisely told, brilliantly psychological story of the spriritual transformation of a ten-year-old girl. In an elegant structure and lush prose, Carol Ascher creates Eva; torn between her father's growing hopelessness and her mother's morally stringent optimism. THE FLOOD is a classic work whose theme is a serious mind confronting racial prejudice, reaching for an autonomy of self."

Jane Lazarre

"THE FLOOD is a book in these murky times of such moral clarity, sweetness and good will that one suddenly rediscovers hope and optimism. The aulity of the writing is luminous. It is a wonderful work."

E.M. Broner A Weave of Women

"I wish there were more books like Carol Ascher's -- sensitively observed, full of affection and life, and (so rare these days) passionately concerned with crucial moral questions."

Rosellen Brown Civil Wars

"THE FLOOD is a lovely book, a truly stirring account of the end of childhood, the beginning of political consciousness."

Hilma Wolitzer In the Palomar Arms

"like Marilynne Robinson's HOUSEKEEPING, another richly evocative story of the awakening to adulthood, this novel demands slow and appreciative reading. Ascher should be applauded for writing what critic and novelist John Gardner once called 'moral fiction'"

Los Angeles Times Book Review

"...powerful themes...Eva is...reminiscent of a Carson McCullers heroine."

New York Times Book Review

"A deceptively simple story about moral complexities seen through the eyes of a precocious bur truly believable child"

Gerald JonasPresent Tense

"Refreshing and extremely moving novel."

Ms. Magazine

"Ascher writes with a poetic hand...a powerful, poignant account."

The Midwest Book Review

"...deft characterizations and convincing, funny sensitive evocation of a stage of childhood."

Booklist

"Ascher's fictional tapestry...weaves wonders."

New Directions for Women