"This extraordinary tale of one little girl's End Times grabbed me by the throat. The Land of Decoration is part social observation and part crazy mysticism, held together by a brutally real story of parent-child love."--Emma Donoghue, author of "Room"

"Loveable, unique and thrillingly uncategorisable... A story about a small person's small antithesis of a small town full of small-minded people, this is a big-hearted novel." -Chris Cleave, "Financial Times"

"Gripping, beautiful... [M]akes you gasp with delight...In many ways it's suspense--is Judith going to get hurt?--that keeps you tearing through the pages (be prepared for the complete and total devastation of your social life; once you pick up this novel, you will not be able to do anything until you finish)... This isn't a child like the other children in books--say, the unbelievably smart ones who can lecture on astronomy and rare stamps. This is a regular old child, a loving, confused, tender-hearted little person who is trying, like all of us, to make some sense of out of this life." -Oprah.com pick for "Book of the Week"

"The novel's best moments offer a profound sense of the existential crisis that any believer eventually faces... McCleen also has a good ear for the blessings of comedy -- the little moments of absurdity that children experience as they try to make sense of religion." -Ron Charles, "The Washington Post"

"Grace McCleen's writing is deep, fantastical and powerful, and she really lets us into the heart of this tender, gentle little girl...A wonderful gen of a debut novel."--"The Independent "(UK)

"A tremendously affecting novel, skillfully and arrestingly written, and one that packs a big emotional punch." --"The Sunday Times" (UK)

"British musician McCleen's debut explores the complexities of love between a widowed father and his daughter...McCleen adroitly combines cinematic momentum with intuitive description in this novel about the consequences of faith and what happens when