"With these times of discontent, we need a vision in which the sacred and the quotidian mingle. In The Numismatist, Elizabeth Genovise fulfills that obligation with the story of James, whose life has fallen into desolation, and Matthew, the numismatist for whom coins reveal spiritual lessons; the search is for the Jesus coin, the rarest of all coins and proof that God works endlessly to bring us all back to him." --Daniel James Sundahl, author of Small Logics "Elizabeth Genovise's stories have amazing staying power--her imaginatively created scenes aren't soon forgotten. In The Numismatist, we glimpse life through a ten-year-old boy's eyes: hopeful and trusting, but also seething with anger at his father's infidelity. Genovise sketches this young boy's family and his dreams with incredible skill, and as she opens up his world, she illuminates our lives too. Very highly recommended." --John Thompson, Waynesburg University "Elizabeth Genovise tells stories with an intimacy that strikes, lingers, and bewilders. The Numismatist takes the building blocks of daily pain and kindness and makes them resonate across years; she draws on the ephemerality of history in a way that reminds us how small our lives are, and how much each strangled moment of love means in the long arc of time.

" --Conor Sweetman, editor, Ekstasis.