Early Reviews for Meantime

"An unflinching autopsy of the heart, laying bare the raw emotions that push us to reconfigure, again and again, our senses of family."-- Kirkus Review

"Noel beautifully captures the difficulties and insecurities that make up marriage, sisterhood, and how our upbringing bleeds into our adulthood. Doubt and rediscovery abound in this heartfelt and heartbreaking story, showing how family can both bring us together and tear us apart. " --Library Journal

“Noel’s second perceptive, character-driven novel, following Halfway House (2006), delves into multiple relationships and how they ebb and flow over the years…Noel writes with empathy and precision about the minutiae of the lives of her characters, drawing her readers immediately into their interwoven stories.” --Booklist