"There's a marvelous mix of peppy text and bone-deep comfort at work within the language of this story. [and] visual treasures abound in the corners of the art. Seasons come and seasons go, but cozy concepts like barns on farms will never ever die." - Kirkus Reviews * "A true storyteller, Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia gives Bess life with literary gilding; there's repetition, imagery, personification and more. The prose flows, poetic and brusque by turns, as the finely wrought story oh-so-delicately addresses the concept of passing on. Bess the Barn Stands Strong reminds us that love shelters us through all storms. Sometimes love protects us tangibly, while other times it surrounds us with friendships that change us forever." - BookPage , starred review.