"Baldur lives his life in that ­stirring territory between myth and the ­modern city, and his story stays in your mind like a song."
 ­- Joan Thomas, author of Curiosity

"Local people will want to read it just so they can identify characters in the story. Others will want to read it because Arnason is a fine writer with a great sense of humour."
- Lögberg-Heimskringla

"The tone swings between light-hearted comedy and sombre drama, and the novel both mourns and celebrates the lives of the early Icelandic settlers...Arnason's writing is clear and crisp (and) will satisfy readers who want a moving, engrossing novel... he describes Winnipeg as it must have seemed through the eyes of its early entrepreneurs."
- The Winnipeg Free Press

"The lilting, sing-song quality of the book is very simple and yet effective because it highlights the naivete of the lucky young Baldur."
- Rhonda Lorch

"Arnason is a master writer."
- Owen Sound Sun Times

"I love this book. Period."
-Ace Burpee