"Au’s calm, unrelenting focus would be hard to take over a longer book – but this novella is graceful and precise. Like the narrator fine-tuning the aperture on her Nikon camera, Au seems to say, we have to choose our scale, what we pay attention to.
— Imogen Dewey, The Guardian

"A powerful novel about the relationship between a mother and daughter, and the ways that geography, language, art, travel and migration can change the ways we see ourselves….a hazy, dream-like mirage, in which characters, emotions and intentions are ever-so-slightly out of reach.
— Frieze

"Au’s writing ebbs along effortlessly and poetically.
— The Australian

"Quiet and crisp like a clear winter morning…a world of melancholy and dissolving identity.
— Shane Anderson, 032c

"Rarely have I been so moved, reading a book: I love the quiet beauty of Cold Enough for Snow and how, within its calm simplicity, Jessica Au camouflages incredible power.
— Edouard Louis

"Au’s calm, unrelenting focus would be hard to take over a longer book – but this novella is graceful and precise. Like the narrator fine-tuning the aperture on her Nikon camera, Au seems to say, we have to choose our scale, what we pay attention to.
— Imogen Dewey, The Guardian

"A powerful novel about the relationship between a mother and daughter, and the ways that geography, language, art, travel and migration can change the ways we see ourselves….a hazy, dream-like mirage, in which characters, emotions and intentions are ever-so-slightly out of reach.
— Frieze

"Au’s writing ebbs along effortlessly and poetically.
— The Australian

"Quiet and crisp like a clear winter morning…a world of melancholy and dissolving identity.
— Shane Anderson, 032c

"Rarely have I been so moved, reading a book: I love the quiet beauty of Cold Enough for Snow and how, within its calm simplicity, Jessica Au camouflages incredible power.
— Edouard Louis