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Song for Maggie or Why there’s a pen in my mouth
The instructions sound easy: Put a pen between your teeth in far enough so that it’s stretching the edges of your mouth back without feeling uncomfortable. This will force a smile. Hold it there for...
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The House of Memories by Monica McInerney: carefully crafted & moving
Following a tragic accident, Ella O’Hanlon flees to the other side of the world in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life,...
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Being Jade by Kate Belle – a study of grief and love
Note: this review contains mild spoilers. “People argue about death” is the opening line of Kate Belle’s novel Being Jade. It might just as well have been, “People argue about love”. For, although...
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Entitlement by Jessica White
Their daughter, when she stepped onto the platform, looked to Leonora as hard and weary as a soldier. There were blue circles beneath her eyes and she was scrawny, her hair dull. Leonora embraced her....
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