Like all great writers – and Lawson is among the finest – she tells her story in a deceptively simple and straightforward way…Lawson’s writing is clean, clear and accessible… Like Alistair MacLeod, Lawson writes of bone-searing tragedies without shrouding her novels in impenetrable darkness. She leaves room for light – and hope. Reading Road Ends was like getting the favourite book I wanted for Christmas; my only regret was when I had finished it and had to leave Megan, Tom, and the rest of the residents of Struan.