“Wonderland Road is a slow-burning, cautionary tale—foreboding and unforgettable. Reading it feels like watching a fuse burn toward hidden dynamite. Before I knew it, the story had split me wide open—then, with the precision of a surgeon, it stitched me back together.” - Yasuko Thanh, award-winning author of Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains and Mistakes to Run With
“Extraordinary and deeply felt, Wonderland Road is a modern classic. . . .This is a beautiful speculative novel about the inherent goodness of humanity told by an extremely gifted writer of our times. You will weep and rejoice simultaneously as Leung shatters your heart and then miraculously rebuilds it.” - Lindsay Wong, bestselling author of The Woo Woo and Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies
“How do we love each other while the world is on fire? This is the question Carrianne Leung grapples with in her latest, much-anticipated book. Wonderland Road follows characters Pauline, Jing and Julian as they dare to see their value beyond their own labour, family in the wake of loss and a future through the smoke of wildfires. This is the book we need right now: A speculative fiction that isn't made of endings, but rather beginnings; of doing, of believing, of continuing in the twilight of our existence.” - Catherine Hernandez, author of Scarborough, Behind You and The Story of Us
"Wonderland Road is eerie and gorgeous, full of ache and full of grace. Carrianne Leung writes with wild tenderness, showing how love, memory and even an unexpected interspecies friendship can hold us together in a collapsing world. Pauline, Jing, and Julian aren't just characters—they're kin. They teach us that chosen family isn't a consolation prize; it's the whole damn point. This book is a map." - Kyo Maclear, award-winning author of Unearthing and Birds Art Life
“Carrianne Leung’s sublime gift of unwrapping the human heart is amply displayed in Wonderland Road. The darkness of her dystopian world is no match for the exquisite rendering of her trio of narrators who not only survive their ruined world but never quite release their yearning for love, joy and connection. A gorgeous, generous novel.” - Eden Robinson, award-winning author of the Trickster trilogy
"Meditative, dreamy, melancholic, and sweet, Wonderland Road narrates emergencies that unfurl to a slow, inexorable beat. Ones no less devastating for their creeping, this novel speaks sonorously to our current moment. And it's comforting and profound and perfectly Carrianne Leung to show how, even in the apocalypse, our lives are still organized by family grudges, inarticulate longing, and the painfully everlasting hope for forgiveness and repair." - Thea Lim, author of An Ocean of Minutes
“Carrianne Leung has written a beautiful novel about the infinite value of hope, the will to survive, and the triumph of community over violence. Wonderland Road will haunt you long after you have reached the last page. In this searing and unforgettable dystopia, traumatized adults, parentless children and a talking crow learn to feed and care for each other, creating new friendships and families, and finding love in the most unexpected places.” - Lawrence Hill, author of The Illegal
“Wonderland Road is a gift—not only as a brilliant work of speculative fiction, but also as a blueprint for survival, humanity, and hope in our own frightening and uncertain times. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, needs this book.” - Kathryn Mockler, author of Anecdotes
