Continuing on with this series of short stories by Faber, this week I’ve read two more during my lunch breaks at work. Some brief thoughts on each: Mrs Fox by Sarah Hall – This one was unexpectedly odd in the direction it moved, yet strangely compelling. I’m still not sure what to make of it. … Continue reading Faber Stories: Two Brief Reviews| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: On the twelfth day of her hunger strike, Maggy is unable to tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined. That’s true of what brought her here too: was she IRA, or did she just take risks for the sake of a friend? Julia O’Faolain paints a portrait of … Continue reading Short Story Review: Daughters of Passion by Julia O’Faolain| Theresa Smith Writes
This week I’ve been enjoying these Faber shorts. They’re easy to devour in one sitting and provide an undemanding read for a busy mind. I’ve become a little addicted to them. Some brief thoughts on these four: Homeland by Barbara Kingsolver – A surprisingly deep story about family heritage and culture within a context of … Continue reading Faber Stories: Four Brief Reviews| Theresa Smith Writes
Like her namesake, Celia Dale, Celia Fremlin is fast becoming one of my favourite writers from the mid-20th century. She wrote wonderfully suspenseful domestic noirs, slowly building tension by leveraging her protagonists’ understandable but sometimes irrational fears. First published in 1965, The Jealous One is another deliciously compelling novel in which a seemingly happy marriage […]| JacquiWine's Journal
About the Book: Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable. Sally Ro…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: It’s the early 1990s in Glasgow, and Stephen – music loving romantic – has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease …| Theresa Smith Writes
Amongst Women, the fifth novel by the critically acclaimed Irish writer John McGahern, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990, missing out to A. S. Byatt’s Possession in the final cut. Ostensibly the story of an ageing, tyrannical father, whose wife and daughters both love and fear him, the novel can be seen as […]| JacquiWine's Journal
About the Book: From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Pe…| Theresa Smith Writes
