Raw, unflinching and razor-sharp are just some of the descriptions that come to mind when I think of Penelope Mortimer’s fiction. Mortimer has an innate ability to portray how easy it is for an intelligent woman to descend into a downward spiral or emotional collapse, especially if she is isolated in a stifling, unfulfilling marriage […]
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
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Many thanks as ever for sharing my review. Very kind of you! Best wishes, Jacqui
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Thanks for your detailed review. I am much taken by the other Penelope….Fitzgerald and mean to read her biographies of the Knox Brothers and Charlotte Mew.
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