When the Harvest Comes

Reviews

“Epic, intimate, brutal, and tender, Denne Michele Norris has written a breathtaking testimony about the boundlessness of love. Each character enters like a light beam, puncturing your soul with joy, heartbreak, and unwavering faith in the ability to right their wrongs before time runs out. Seductive, symphonic, and sensitively rendered, When the Harvest Comes announces the arrival of a major new American voice.”—Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

“When the Harvest Comes is abundant with a kind of grace I’m especially hungry for these days: the possibility that we can mend at least part of what we’ve torn apart, the chance we’re not entirely too late.”—R. O. Kwon, author of Exhibit

“A story of becoming yourself that isn’t like anything I’ve ever read. We are still getting the literature we deserve, and Norris takes us further down that road with this brave and powerful novel exploring the freedom we find in the presence of those loves we cannot hide from.”—Alexander Chee, author of The Queen of the Night

“This is a book to sink into, to luxuriate within—a book that’s generous with the pleasures and comforts of a good story and rich characters, so much so that it’s only when you’re finished that you realize that you’ve never before read something quite like it.”—Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby

“A tale of redemption and transformation in the face of great obstacles, When the Harvest Comes is a book for anyone who’s ever believed they didn’t deserve happiness, for anyone whose worldview has been shaped by marginalization, for anyone who’s accomplished more than was expected of them. . . . Moving and uplifting.”—Alejandro Varela, author of The People Who Report More Stress

“Denne Michele Norris writes with confidence and grace about some of life’s biggest concerns: family, love, safety, grief, and most importantly, how to be true to one’s self. ”—Angela Flournoy, author of The Turner House

“It’s not often I read a book that feels like escapism but reckons with the truest of difficult realities. Romantic, wise and healing, When the Harvest Comes is a rare story. Denne Michele Norris bridges the claimed moralities of Christian love with a truly compassionate, transformational love, showing us what it means to speak those things that are not as though they are. A meditation on forgiveness, true love and destiny that enchants with every line.”—Chelsea T. Hicks, author of A Calm and Normal Heart

“Aching and resplendent, deeply felt and meticulously imagined, When the Harvest Comes is a song of becoming and reconciliation: of family, of self, of abiding love. It leaves the reader better acquainted with love, courage, and the temerity to imagine—and ask for—more.”—Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of All This Could Be Different Expand reviews