PRAISE for Now You Love Me:

"LIesel Litzenburger's short novel brings the spirited lives of her characters to the surface." — ----The Chicago Tribune

"Annie, a 9-year-old in a Michigan resort town, narrates Liesel Litzenburger's Now You Love Me, the story of her broken family.  Her dad skips town for an extra-long "trip" and never returns, leaving her mom to raise her and her 5-year-old brother.  The focus is Mom, who drives too fast, dates a loopy electrician, and steals the neighbor's car.  Litzenburger ingeniously refracts the familiar elements of a typical divorce tale through Annie, who lends both innocence and distance to the drama of, say, Mom's trip to rehab.  Even small episodes are enlarged through the eyes of this insightful and totally believable little girl. Grade: A-" — EW Pick--Entertainment Weekly

"The verbal snapshots [Litzenburger]...creates are stunning as they reveal one family's life over the course of a year; together they create a wonderful novel about family, love, loss and change...endearing...vivid...resonates long after the book is closed." — The Grand Rapids Press

"If you liked the Academy Award nominated film Little Miss Sunshine, Michigan author Liesel Litzenburger's new book, Now You Love Me, could be right up your alley.  The literary equivalent to the Best Picture nominee, Now You Love Me is the humorous story of a dysfunctional family pulling together, finding love, overcoming obstacles...memorabe laughs."" — Lansing City Pulse

"...Litzenburger's second novel boasts a winning narrator in eight-year-old Annie, who is forced to grow up quickly as the adults around her fall apart. And bright, defenseless first-grader Gus just might break your heart." — Kirkus Reviews