In which Emily and interviewer Audrey Gordan talk about love, living in Syria and Jordan, and what it’s like to write about a place at war. See the interview here.
NEWS
Jordan Times reviews A Word for Love
“The story of a great love… [A Word for Love] is quite different from most romances or cross-cultural novels, due to the author’s innovative approach to language: Robbins displays an uncanny ability to expand the meaning of words beyond their dictionary definitions.” Read the full review.
Love from The Globe and Mail
Toronto’s Globe and Mail calls A Word for Love “a lyrical study of love and loss, one not to be overlooked.”
A Word for Love in the Toronto Star
One of five books that will “set your heart aquiver.”
A Word for Love in Bustle’s ’15 New Authors You’re Going to Be Obsessed With’
“An extraordinary debut.” – Bustle
A Word for Love in The National
Ben East of The National writes: “[A WORD FOR LOVE is an] important book, if only because it is likely to be read by a western audience who perhaps need to be reminded that Syria exists as more than a news headline.”
Love from Bookpage
Bookpage says of A WORD FOR LOVE “modest and lovely… As the novel moves to its dramatic and shocking climax, every word begins to feel heavy and important, as if the reader is also holding an ‘astonishing text.’ Robbins drives home the lesson that, despite conflict, language is transcendent.”
A Word for Love a VOGUE (UK) “VogueNotices” Pick
No link, it’s paper.
Love from Travelers
Smarter travel calls A WORD FOR LOVE a best book of 2017.
Love from InStyle
A WORD FOR LOVE on InStyle’s 7 must-reads for January.