Materfamilias Writes

The Patrick Melrose Novels, So Painful, So Funny. . .

The Patrick Melrose Novels, So Painful, So Funny. . .

I haven’t only been reading mysteries recently, although I’ve been lucky enough to have borrowed a number of good ones from the library these past several weeks. I’ve also read the first four Patrick Melrose novels…

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Emma Donoghue’s Room

Emma Donoghue’s Room

I will admit that I resisted picking up this book for some time, despite reading numerous laudatory reviews, because of its subject matter. In case you haven’t come across these reviews of the Booker-shortlisted novel,…

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