"I first met Alma García at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. I knew her work would be important, and now All That Rises proves it. Alma brings it and gives it all. Enhorabuena, novelista. An auspicious debut.”

"With empathy and grace, Alma García has mapped the borderlands in a bold new way. The result is a novel of stark originality populated by characters whose lives readers won’t easily forget.”

"A remarkable work of fiction... García truly understands how the imprint of a life lived in two cultures at once can never leave you. A wonderful accomplishment.”

"A serious novel, All That Rises eclipses social and political ideologies and examines how the contradictions of America’s southern border take root in its families."