I loved The Bandit Queens - a real ‘laugh out loud’ read. Highly recommend. I’m intrigued by A Life of One’s Own - I think I may order this one out of today’s selection - last year I read a brilliant similar book ‘The Baby on the Fire Escape’ by Julie Phillips - this is a fantastic insight into various artists and writers who were also mothers - I particularly resonated with Ursula Le Guin’s attitude - Julie Phillips is currently writing an official biography of Le Guin. As for The Power of Trees - I loved his first book The Hidden Life of Trees but since them his books have all seemed the same. Instead personally I’d recommend Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree - this is her autobiography - she is the person - the woman who discovered the ‘wood wide web’ ie the mycelium under our forests. Many thanks for your views.
Thanks Lynne, that’s all really helpful and lovely to hear what you’ve enjoyed. I have a copy of The Baby on the Fire Escape that I ordered for a customer and was damaged so I ordered another — so now I’m going to have a closer look at that. I can’t wait to have a look at A Life of One’s Own too, I think it will really resonate for me!
I loved The Bandit Queens - a real ‘laugh out loud’ read. Highly recommend. I’m intrigued by A Life of One’s Own - I think I may order this one out of today’s selection - last year I read a brilliant similar book ‘The Baby on the Fire Escape’ by Julie Phillips - this is a fantastic insight into various artists and writers who were also mothers - I particularly resonated with Ursula Le Guin’s attitude - Julie Phillips is currently writing an official biography of Le Guin. As for The Power of Trees - I loved his first book The Hidden Life of Trees but since them his books have all seemed the same. Instead personally I’d recommend Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree - this is her autobiography - she is the person - the woman who discovered the ‘wood wide web’ ie the mycelium under our forests. Many thanks for your views.
Thanks Lynne, that’s all really helpful and lovely to hear what you’ve enjoyed. I have a copy of The Baby on the Fire Escape that I ordered for a customer and was damaged so I ordered another — so now I’m going to have a closer look at that. I can’t wait to have a look at A Life of One’s Own too, I think it will really resonate for me!