Reviews
“A gut-punch of a debut.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“A haunting story of the search for a better life.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“An outstanding novel.” —Foreword Reviews, Starred Review
“Delivers blows right to your heart.” —Chicago Review of Books
“A beautiful, humane portrait of masculinity that is as tender as it is profane.” —Southern Review of Books
“Bond tells this fictional version of life in a treatment home with a reporter’s eye, a counselor’s heart, and a peer’s knowing.” —Chapter 16
“Bond writes about these societal complications alongside the solitude that these boys experience with touching eloquence.” —The Masters Review
Interviews
Visiting Joe Bond’s Hope House —Pittsburgh Review of Books
The Reading Life with Susan Larson: Joe Bond —NPR
The Kids Are Going to Learn. Who’s Going to Teach Them? —Southern Review of Books
Still a Kid: A Conversation with Hope House Author Joe Bond —Fish Barrel
On Hope House, Psychology, and the Troubled Boys of 1980s Kentucky—Debutiful
Debut Novelist Talks Group-Home and Small-Town Relations, the Juvenile Justice System, and His New Book —Daily Yonder
Interview with Joe Bond: Debut Novelist of Hope House —Ledger: A Writing Podcast