HarperCollins wrote... "The accomplished, incisive and original writing in this novel goes a long way to helping Abel's experience pulse and resonate with the reader. Abel may be a genius, but his curiosity and behaviour still retain innocent and naive qualities and his wading through the everyday debris and confusion is universal."
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., Author of Ungifted:Intelligence Redefined and Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind...
"Work done on the hereditary origin of genius shows that highly eminent scientists are more likely to be first-born sons. In Wind's A Whole Lot, we are given a savant - a math prodigy - Abel, the first-born son of a drug addict who has been institutionalized, leaving Abel to a peripatetic existence of foster homes and indifferent and abusive extended family. The cards he's been dealt do not bode well for his future development; the deck has been stacked against him, creating a compelling narrative and this, along with Abel's unflappable perseverance and resolute drive is why I take pleasure in rooting tor Abel throughout.
Artists and writers can't help but work with a certain blindness during the creative process, toiling away with very little feedback, if any, from the public at large. It's messy business. I can confidently say Bradley Wind should take comfort in the knowledge his time was well spent on this tightly woven and engaging first novel."
This book was a winner of the Kindle Scout program in November of 2015.