Reviews
"A powerful anthology aimed at celebrating those who spent their childhoods in Florida, and considers what life was like for those who grew up in the state."
--The Midwest Book Review
"A crazy quilt of an anthology that differs from one writer to the next in the same way that Florida looks and feels vastly different from region to region and, in some places, from one side of a city to another."
--Florida Book Review
"Florida can be an amazing place to grow up. This is an anthology of some of the state's best writers talking about romance and the pain of growing up here."
--The Daytona Beach News-Journal
"A superb book."
--Slate Magazine
“Mixes the bitter with the sweet, and while it is particular to a time and place, it also has a coming-of-age universality.”
--On a Clear Day I Can Read Forever (blog)
"A valentine to growing up in the Sunshine State… Homegrown shows a raw, slower-paced Florida."
--Arude Magazine
"Reveals a world of vivid memories and black and white photographs, of quiet towns and close families, of details that might easily have slipped through the cracks."
--Arude Magazine
"Well-known writers along with journalists, poets, and musicians team up to reminisce about coming of age in that once unspoiled paradise."
--Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"This exceptional collection reveals that Florida kids face the same challenges as others, but they may just be a little bit luckier because they can do so with their toes in the sand."
--Library Journal