A nice story, nothing too demanding about a woman escaping a controlling mother to live a life of her own independently
Tag Archives: British fiction
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
A novel based on history and “The Last Duchess”, a poem by Robert Browning – intense and dark, and highly evocative of Renaissance Italy
English Monsters by James Scudamore
A tough read but not because of the writing, but the subject matter – a tale of schoolboys, friendship and the experiences that shape us
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
A novel based on history and “The Last Duchess”, a poem by Robert Browning – intense and dark, and highly evocative of Renaissance Italy
While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart
A deeply moving book about a mother who makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure the survival of her child – to give him away
The London Train by Tessa Hadley
A character-driven book told in two halves: the first concerning Paul, the second Cora and linked together by the London train of the title
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
A great thriller full of human darkness, lightened by chemistry between Robin and Cormoran
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
This book is many things – a love story, a tale of family and community, a discourse on loss but, most importantly, a depiction of prejudice
Sweet Caress by William Boyd
William Boyd delivers again – great story, vividly told, with an engaging and strong female narrator enhanced by “lost” photos
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
A reasonable thriller throughout with strong elements of suspense that, for me, just failed to deliver all it promised
Scuffed Granny 