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Travel, and Self-Reclamation in Sheridan Jobbins ‘Wish You Were Here’

Sarah Biggerstaff — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:10:32 +0000

Sheridan Jobbins’ debut book, Wish You Were Here, is a travel-memoir, that contains elements of comedy, romance, adventure, and drama. Jobbins’ light, humorous style reads like a combination of Helen...

Undressing the Model Lifestyle with Cassie Lane

Sarah Biggerstaff — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:00:32 +0000

"Like most memoirs, How to Dress a Dummy is a narrative of an individual’s path to self-discovery and acceptance." I think sometimes even women who identify as feminists are occasionally guilty of...

Read it Before You See it: My Cousin Rachel

Sarah Biggerstaff — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:15:33 +0000

Roger Michell’s visually gorgeous adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1951 novel, My Cousin Rachel, currently in cinemas, looks set to be a stunning, visceral thriller. Starring Rachel Weisz and...

Five Classic Reads for Winter

Sarah Biggerstaff — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:30:20 +0000

With its shortened days, and icy winds, winter is pretty much the ideal time to sit at home and enjoy a good book. While there is no shortage of new...

Mapping Family Ties in Tracy Farr’s The Hope Fault.

Sarah Biggerstaff — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:10:47 +0000

Tracy Farr’s second novel, The Hope Fault, traces the intricacies of emotional interiority and personal relationships across space, time, and the permeable boundaries that define blended families. Iris Golden’s extended...

Dismantling gender myths in Cordelia Fine’s latest book, Testosterone Rex

Sarah Biggerstaff — Mon, 08 May 2017 20:00:27 +0000

As a woman, and, moreover, a feminist one, it has always been one of my major bugbears that boys and girls, men and women, are treated differently in so...

Probing Modes of Stability and Identity in The Permanent Resident

Sarah Biggerstaff — Wed, 03 May 2017 01:26:31 +0000

How do you reconcile who you are with who you want to be? How do you adopt a new nation, without losing your own cultural identity? How, in a world...

Celebrating 200 Years of Jane Austen

Sarah Biggerstaff — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 21:34:53 +0000

It is a truth universally acknowledged... that the writings of Jane Austen have left an indelible mark on the face of literature, constituting some of the greatest and best-loved works...