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"a captivating blend of memoir and nature writing..."

"indecently entertaining... eye-watering candour is Heawood’s default setting..."

"full of beautiful prose, powerful metaphors and astute observations..."

"Straub’s book is one of those smartly observant, wryly witty, big-hearted literary-commercial American novels ..."

"a moving account of the collision between aspiration and reality..."

"a powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair..."

"Hughes has fashioned a sturdy drama..."

"in telling the story of a codependent, her other great success is to humanise the addict..."

"smart and funny..."

"Rose-tinted as Wild Child may be, its message is an urgent one..."

"beautifully written and utterly heartbreaking..."

"a positive and life-affirming handbook..."

"entrancing..."

"In dreamy, detached prose she recalls a childhood dominated by a violent, intellectual father..."

"(a) highly interesting and suggestive book on the analysis of boredom from a strictly psychological perspective..."

"A summer sizzler set in suburban Surrey..."

"What Have I Done? is heartbreaking and brutal in its honesty..."

"he core content is hair-raising and potentially life-saving...."

"Hardman is a no-nonsense narrator..."

"This book is as much a story about the children who escaped schizophrenia’s cruel clutches as it is about those who fell victim to it..."

"Strimpel’s empathy illuminates her book, making her academic prose also very human..."

"(a) compelling book about illness and wellness..."

"rather beautiful in its effortlessly readable melancholy..."