A House for Alice by Diana Evans
Alice wants to return to Nigeria after fifty years in London. Her estranged husband Cornelius lives alone, with carers and family regularly popping in to check on him. Suddenly, he dies in a house fire, on the same night as the tragedy of Grenfell. The family are in a dreadful state and they struggle to place his death within the context of Grenfell’s fire.
I reviewed ‘Really Good, Actually’ by Monica Heisey for Literary Review. Click here to read it!
It is a powerful moment when reading a dystopian novel that you start to recognise elements of our world within it.
Jane meets Duncan shortly after moving to Boyne City, Northern Michigan.
Continue reading Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny Review
I have written a review of Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe for ARGO Magazine. Click here to buy a copy!
January has been a particularly excellent month for new releases.
2020: the year of self-isolation. Luckily, there have been lots of brilliant books to help along the way. I have been mainly relying on my iBooks account and reading PDFs of books kindly sent by publishers, rather than ordering hardcopies / being sent hardcopies which has been (yet another!) different experience altogether. Alongside my rolling Book of the Month book reviews, here are some other truly fantastic books I have read this year:
I was absolutely thrilled to be shortlisted in the Surrey Life Magazine / Guildford Book Festival Short Story Competition!
London 1850. Iris works in a doll shop, carefully painting on the expressions of dolls every day. But she yearns for more. Continue reading The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Time for some fiction! Here’s a short story by me that appears in the Summer issue of Standpoint Magazine.
