The trades have spoken, and they’ve said nice things: Brass has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and LIbrary Journal and a glowing review from Publisher’s Weekly. Plus two different Netgalley and Goodreads readers used the term “Bruce Springsteen” in their reviews and my mom told all the people she spoke to at the airport on her way to visit me last week about it, so early signs are promising…