The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller is an unusual book set in what appears to be roughly contemporary times. The story unfolds through a series of letters from the narrator, Neffy, to ‘H’, who we later learn is an octopus that Neffy freed from an aquarium where she’d previously worked.
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Kate Atkinson’s Normal Rules Don’t Apply is a remarkable collection of eleven interconnected stories that expertly blend the complexity of its narrative with profound themes of human nature, the disruption of time, and the power of storytelling. Notably, it’s her first full collection in two decades.
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Mike Gayle’s All the Lonely People immerses us in a narrative that effectively balances the simplicity of its storytelling with the profound themes of loneliness, family bonds, and the power of human connections. Hubert Bird, an 84-year-old widower, personifies the quiet isolation many elderly people face.
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