REVIEW: ‘The Low Road’ by Katharine Quarmby

Imagine that you have ended up in prison, as a result of poverty and constrained life choices. Now imagine being told that you will serve out the rest of your prison sentence on the other side of the world – and you are unlikely to ever find your way home. Such is the fate facing […]

August 21, 2023 Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Fiction Read More →

What we left behind: can love survive university AND uncertain identity?

I’m aware that much of what I read is, let’s say, comfortable. In particular, I read a lot of crime fiction, especially psychological crime, frequently featuring middle class women doing rather middle class things. (I’m even sure ‘rather’ is quite a middle class word, now I come to think about it.) Even when they’re transplanted […]

December 4, 2015 Book Reviews, Fiction, Young Adult Read More →