We Should All Be Feminists
We Should all be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie This brilliant essay speaks about living feminism, from small daily experiences and expectations to broader cultural and institutional norms. The prose is clear and compelling, Adichie’s viewpoint is intelligently and wittily argued. It does not patronise or condemn but seeks to explain and most of all engender […]
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My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante The first in Ferrante’s series of novels set in and around Naples My Brilliant Friend concerns the early childhood and teenage years of the principal characters Elena and Lila. The writing is deft, expertly rendering the claustrophobic poverty and vendetta stricken streets of 1950s southern Italy. The lens of an […]
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A Countrywoman’s Diary Bessie Skea The richness and timelessness of Skea’s prose draws the reader into the Orcadian landscape, gently lifting the veil of seeing out of habit rather than looking from their eyes. Bessie takes the reader through the seasons with joy, with humour and with an eye that is determined in the act […]
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This Must Be The Place Maggie O’Farrell Each chapter of this novel could almost stand alone as a short story. Set in different places and times, and from varying perspectives, the different sections provide pieces of a jigsaw that forms the central narrative. While some are tangental – a list of items put up from […]
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Shooting an Elephant George Orwell This book has sat sat on the bedside table for at least a year. It has been my in-between reads book. By that I do not wish to imply any shortcomings in its content, quite the opposite. It is a book which holds other writing to account. Even this […]
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