Dolly Alderton’s Ghosts
Book Review of Dolly Alderton’s Ghosts Dolly Alderton’s Ghosts follows the thirty second year of its main character Nina and explores the relationships that she has with her friends, parents and boyfriend Max. As such it is ambitious in scope and presents a realistic portrayal of significant points in life. From exploring issues of having children, […]
Phillip Schofield’s Life’s What You Make It
Book Review of Phillip Schofield’s Life’s What you Make It I’m not a fan of this photo on the front of Phillip Schofield’s Life’s What You Make It Phillip Schofield’s Life’s What You Make It has been widely advertised and promoted and I’ve no doubt it will feature in many household’s Christmas stockings. As a presenter, of […]
Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain
Book Review of Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is a hard hitting story about poverty, alcoholism and isolation. Set in the early 1980s Shuggie Bain opens with a group of women sitting around a table playing cards for pin money. Agnes, daughter of Liz, is one of these women. She is devoted to her […]
Us Three by Ruth Jones
Book Review of Ruth Jones’s Us Three Us Three by Ruth Jones was an easy read that was a pleasurable page-turner from beginning to end. Us Three by Ruth Jones follows the lives of three best friends, Judith, Lana And Catrin who, when primary aged children, swear on a Curly Wurly wrapper to always be there […]
Ali Smith’s Summer
Book Review of Ali Smith’s Summer Ali Smith’s Summer brings together brilliantly the four interlinked texts she has written with the seasons as the titles. Summer is the final book in the seasonal series that Smith has completed over the last four years. It is set in pretty much real time and traces recent social and […]
Alan Davies’ Just Ignore Him
Book Review of Alan Davies’ Just Ignore Him Ignoring Alan was his father’s way of punishing him. Alan Davies’ autobiography Just Ignore Him, focuses largely on his childhood and the trauma surrounding it. Davies’ mother, of whom Davies speaks fondly, died of leukaemia when he was six years old. Davies and his brother and sister were then […]