"A compelling narrative of faith and redemption.  Bruce Pratt’s The Serpents of Blissfull pays homage to the characters too often disregarded by contemporary fiction. His rendering of their pathos, their struggle, and their humanity is as skillful as it is tender, and it places him squarely in the tradition of other greats like Roddy Doyle, Annie Proulx, and Richard Russo." 

Kathryn Miles, author of Adventures with Ari