by Anne Britting Oleson

“Love, heartbreak, betrayal, revenge and unrequited love simmer throughout the novel — also secrets. Dinah’s heart is the soul of the story, and in Oleson’s hands, readers are treated to truths that both mark and mar the efforts of people attempting to make loving commitments to one another. The novel reads like some madcap play seen in a summer theatre production. But it lays bare the potential cost of withholding the heart’s yearning to be whole.” Frank O Smith, Maine Sunday Telegram

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“It’s the tumbling, mostly funny, sometimes sad story of the chaotic life of restaurant owner Dinah Galloway. Cow Palace does not have the gothic feel of Oleson’s earlier books. But it has some loose parallels in mood and characterization to Portland novelist Agnes Bushell’s “The House on Perry Street.” — Dana Wilde, centralmaine.com