Recensione:
It is a warm and accomplished work of sympathetic imagination. I felt myself, as I read, wholly absorbed into Alice s painful but fascinating interior life. --Hilary Mantel
Alexander has taken this troubled and troubling woman (Alice James) as the subject of her latest novel, and what an insightful, moving, fascinating triumph of a book it has proved to be. Her version of Alice is heartbreakingly intelligent; she is also irascible, manipulative, resentful, clear-eyed, brave, passionate. The fictionalising of a real-life figure can be tricky, but with this intense, demanding and hugely rewarding read, Alexander has achieved it with ease. --Lesley MacDowell, Sunday Herald
L'autore:
Lynne Alexander was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Britain in 1970. She became a professional harpsichordist before turning to writing in l980. She has since published five novels including the widely praised and translated Safe Houses. Her work as writer-in-residence at three hospices is recounted in two volumes of poems. She also taught on the MA program in Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. Now retired, she lives in an AONB in the northwest where shecontinues to write.
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