"O'Shea and Shurgot illuminate their story with wonderful details of life on the frontier. The characters are well-drawn and embellished with significant backstory” (Kirkus Review).

…….. at a Seattle party, the author mentions he’s from Buffalo, a well-heeled wag responds, ‘I’m so sorry.’ ‘I’m not,’ he huffs; readers won’t be, either. An enjoyable memoir of life upstate” (Kirkus Review).

“One of the collection's strongest features is its organization [...] which makes the collection feel like a unified whole, a rarity in books of essays” ~ Review