Wandering the world

The disappearing act is the second novel I read by Downton Abbey actor, Catherine Steadman. Read my review of The family game here. You can also read about the other books by Steadman that I have read since making this post. The disappearing act | Published June 2021 | Read January 2024 I am persevering with Steadman's books, partly because I like discovering new authors, Steadman's a British writer, and I keep expecting the books to get better. Sadly, they are not! Like St

The home is another novel I picked up from my local library without any knowledge of the author. The blurb was enough to draw me in; that, and the writer being British. Looking Karen Osman up, I discovered that The home is the second in a three-book deal with a UK-based publisher after her first novel, The good mother, won an award at the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature in 2016. Osman also runs a successful niche communications company and has academic qualifications

Eva Verde is a British author of black and white heritage who writes about identity and class. Lives like mine is one of two novels she has published to date. I really enjoyed Lives like mine. It feels especially authentic given the author's background and I warmed to her thoughtful and believable portrayal of the characters in the novel. The themes of motherhood, marriage, family dysfunction, identity, and racism kept me interested throughout the book. Lives like mine | Publ

I wanted to like Common ground, the debut novel by British author, Naomi Ishiguro. She is the daughter of 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, Kazuo Ishiguro and Booker Prize winner for The remains of the day ( later turned into a successful film). Naomi Ishiguro has previously published an acclaimed collection of short stories (that I haven't read), Escape routes . Common ground | Published March 2021 | Read December 2023 Common ground has friendship, loyalty, exclusion