It is hard to imagine this biography being better done. The research and documentation are comprehensive. It is candid but sympathetic. Road to Tara is itself hard to put down. A rich narrative, peopled with vivid characters full of drama. * The Wall Street Journal * A remarkably full, lively portrait. * Sunday Times * [Edwards's] portrayal of Margaret Mitchell is handled in an objective yet sympathetic fashion. Like any professional biographer, she makes no attempt to hide or distort events in Peggy's life.
* The Atlanta Journal-Constitution * A compellingly readable biography. * Daily Mail (UK) * If you're a Gone With the Wind fan, you won't want to miss this nugget. Anne Edwards . has put together a highly readable and exciting portrait of the Atlanta reporter-turned-housewife who penned the best-known epic of the Old South and gave fiction one of its most memorable heroines. Road to Tara is a fine literary biography, a real page-turner. Road to Tara deals with the creation and publication of Gone With the Wind in marvelous, suspenseful detail. * The Kansas City Star *.