“The art of this book is not only in its lush and touching illustrations, which serve as icons of the married life. The greater art is the author’s ability to tell a universal story with such intimacy that it ends up being the reader’s story as well. The longtime lovers in this book have no faces, which means they have your faces. Like you, they know how their story started without knowing how it will end. Wherever you step into it, this book will welcome you home to being human.”

“Tending The Fire mirrors so many of our stories: we fall in love, we dream, we pursue the dream. Yet this is where the story gets complicated—in the pursuit, sometimes we lose not only each other, but ourselves as well. DuBose’s story is both familiar and inspiring, reminding us of the deep work and refining fire of love.”

“Jeannie DuBose’s Mother Daughter Dance is the smartest, truest, and most moving investigation I’ve ever experienced into the mystery of this most complex relationship. Here’s a book to read again and again — a book to treasure. The bright and lovely illustrations speak volumes, so this little book expands to the size of a novel in our minds. It’s illuminating, wise — and beautiful. A feast for the eyes and heart alike.”

“Whether you have danced the Mother Daughter Dance yourself or have only watched those you love flinging each other around on the dance floor, take heart. This graceful book’s good news is that time passes and partners change places, giving each the chance to recognize herself in the other before the next generation arrives and the dance moves on.”