Ron CharlesMiller's exquisite new novel, The Lake Shore Limited, is so sophisticated and thoughtful that it should either help redeem the term "women's literature" or free her from it once and for all. Several times in these pages someone refers to the relentless psychological analysis found in Henry James's novels…In fact, The Lake Shore Limited may be the closest thing we'll get to a James response to 9/11: no drama, no crisis, barely any action at all—just a deeply affecting examination of the thoughts and feelings of four people still moving in the shadow of that tragedy.
—The Washington Post
Ligaya MishanThe Lake Shore Limited is perhaps best appreciated as an extended character study…worth reading for the ruthlessness of its revelations.
