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Frost In May by Antonia White — book review
“Do you know that no character is any good in this world unless that will has been broken completely? Broken and re-set in God’s own way. I don’t think your will has been quite broken, my dear child, do you?” After converting to Catholicism, nine year old Nanda Gray is sent by her father to […]
1910s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, academia, all girls school, Antonia White, beautiful prose, boarding/private school, British author, british classics, catholicism, CHILDHOOD, CLASSICS, coming of age, convent, england, female authors, female friendships, friendships, Frost in May, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, LITERARY FICTION, nuns, published in 1933, read in 2020, Religion -
Dolores by Lauren Aimee Curtis – book review
I guess that I’m but a fickle creature: I saw and fell for the cover of this novella (the neon colours, the pose of the model, the simple font…I was a goner). Sadly the actual inside of Dolores has little in common with its fantastic cover design. Written in a prose that manages to be […]
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