Ursula Hegi News & Updates

Ursula Hegi immerses herself in her characters

Ursula Hegi, like many of us, is a little anxious about flying these days. But that won't stop her f...

Oct 25, 2001 • seattlepi.com

Children and Fire

Hegi returns in her languid latest to the fictional village of Burgdorf, Germany, from Stones from t...

Feb 27, 2011 • Publishers Weekly

The Worst Thing I've Done

The troubles specific to triangular relationships are explored with depth and substance in Hegi's co...

Dec 28, 2025 • Publishers Weekly

Ursula Hegi’s novel is a tale of grief and rebirth

In January 1362, a vast tidal surge in the North Sea killed more than 25,000 people (some estimate a...

Aug 19, 2020 • Tyler Morning Telegraph

Through a glass, darkly

Ursula Hegi writes without a net. Like a tightrope walker, she writes at a certain distance from the...

Oct 30, 2001 • The Inlander

A story of motherhood, madness, and love in ‘The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls’

Seaside light can make reality less harsh. Hazy and diffuse with moisture, bright with reflection, i...

Aug 13, 2020 • The Boston Globe

In ‘The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls,’ a tidal wave strikes, and a small town must pick up the pieces

In January 1362, a vast tidal surge in the North Sea killed more than 25,000 people (some estimate a...

Aug 16, 2020 • The Washington Post

SACRED TIME

A boisterously funny opening is followed by family tragedy in this moving if occasionally manipulati...

Dec 26, 2025 • Publishers Weekly

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Nov 01, 2007 • Washington City Paper