Keith Oatley's Therefore Choose Gooselane Editions, 2010 Therefore Choose is a tremendously accessible, memorable and relevant novel from Gooselane. If you've tried one of Keith Oatley's earlier novels (The Case of Emily V. published in 1993, A Natural History, published in 1998), you might think that a novel from him
Rosie Alison's The Very Thought of You Alma Books, 2009 Here's something simple to begin with (because I'm having an inordinately hard time writing about Rosie Alison's debut novel): I am grateful. And that is because Victoria, of Eve's Alexandria, sent me her copy of The Very Thought of You
Duff Cooper's Operation Heartbreak Persephone No. 51 (1950) When it comes to articulating how I choose the Persephones that I read, I tend to think that it's simultaneously an exhaustive and amorphous plan: I want to read all-things-Persephone, s-o-m-e-d-a-y. But, in fact, I do have an unspoken ranking system and
Etty Hillesum's An Interrupted Life: 1941-1943 Persephone No. 4 (1999) One of the reasons that Etty Hillesum's diaries touched me so deeply is the way in which she openly struggles with the persecution that she is facing. Whether looking for a distraction from the blatant threats posed to her very
Etty Hillesum's An Interrupted Life: 1941-1943 Persephone No. 4 (1999) Of the three personal accounts that I read for Persephone Reading Week, In Wartime, An Interrupted Life, Etty Hillesum's diary, was the one that struck me most soundly. Partly, perhaps, because she does not survive the war, so what a
