“The author recounts the pratfalls of her childhood—as well as the lessons learned about faith and family—with wit and tenderness.
–Southern Living, July 2008
“…[B]eautifully crafted and downright funny memoir about growing up a Southern Baptist pastor’s daughter in Kentucky. Hancock’s voice is a real find, managing both spirituality and irreverence in her account of family and flock…A true gem of a memoir, this will resonate with anyone who grew up in a religious and/or Southern family. (June)
–Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW)
“The reader comes away hoping that this rueful autobiographer will tap more of her memories in the future. Expressive and thoroughly entertaining.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Elizabeth Emerson Hancock has a big voice and a bigger heart, and she absolutely nails the experience of being Raised Right. I loved this memoir about growing up smart-mouthed and Baptist, written by the only preacher’s kid in America who didn’t go bad. TRESPASSERS WILL BE BAPTIZED is hilarious and touching in turn, and always hugely entertaining.”
–Joshilyn Jackson, bestselling author of gods in Alabama and Between, Georgia
“[Hancock] examines the trappings of a religious life so elegantly, so completely … she makes wonderful connections between the people in our lives, the lessons we learn, and the person we become as life goes on.”
–FourPoints Magazine