Autobiographical in reach and structure, Home Water, Home Land by Katy E. Ellis records and chronicles a coming-of-age, the creation of marriage and family in conjunction with excommunication, expatriatism, and recounts Ellis’ experiences during 9/11. In all these movements—from church, land, and tragedy—it becomes apparent the collection excavates the realm of the exile and does so with grace and compassion marking it as an astonishing book by an exceptional writer.

            ~Heather Simeney MacLeod, The Burden of Snow, Little Yellow House, Intermission