Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day by Winifred Watson is quintessential Persephone. It was first published in 1938 and then republished as a Persephone Classic in…
Much as I try to be positive and embrace each day, like many people when Monday morning dawns and another working week is looming, I…
Hot Milk is the second book I have read in the last few weeks about the complexity of the mother daughter relationship. (The first was My…
Everyone remembers their first. Pride and Prejudice was mine, devoured in big chunks on the floor of my student bedroom when I should have been…
You may recall that earlier this year I wrote about my inaugural book shop crawl. It was during this very pleasant day I was introduced…
Who doesn’t love Persephone books, I am yet to read a Persephone classic I haven’t loved. With Mariana by Monica Dickens, I loved it even…
There are so many reasons I love summer. I love waking up in the morning, throwing open the windows and doors and stepping into the…
This novel was long listed for the Man Booker Prize last year and has received many other worthy accolades. Here in my humble opinion is…
