While puzzling what to read over the summer I made a list of women writers who had won literary prizes (or been short listed) over the last few years. I decided I would share my explorations so far. Happy reading.
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
Told from the perspective of an elderly women who is intent upon clinging onto clues and hunches of a mystery despite her failing memory and faculties. It’s wonderful, although an unsettling glimpse into our futures.
The Bees by Laline Paull
Flora bee 717 survives to live a life amongst and between
the strict hierarchy of the hive, subverting and challenging
‘normality’ as she goes; Flora is a feisty survivor.
An amazing imaginative book which I found hard to put down.
© sue orton
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