Quote:
"Polley denies Margot any easy sense of empathy. She does not let her off the hook by making her husband an obnoxious or abusive bore, and she does not make Daniel a glowing knight on horseback."
-- Katherine Monk

Source:
Monk, Katherine. "Polley's emotional truth challenges, but worth effort." Review of Take This Waltz. Winnipeg Free Press, June 29, 2012.