I’ve never been so enticed by a booker selection as I was with the 2018 shortlist, and so, I read them all (with the exception of Mars Room) and therefore, I now dare to talk about my favourites among them and who I think deserved to win. Honestly, any of these books would make a…
Category: Family Drama
Beauty and The Beholder: A Review of ‘The Bluest Eye’ by Toni Morrison
On the very first page, we are told that Pecola Breedlove, an 11 year old girl with only the desire of seeing the world through blue eyes, is impregnated by her own father, and that Pecola will live and her child will die. “There is really nothing more to say,” writes Morrison, “except why. But…
Nature, Nurture and a Nightmare: A Review of Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Using elements of the weather woven in with the myth of Medea, Jesmyn Ward tells a gripping story of a troubled family’s attempts of preparation and then at survival in the days previous to and just after Hurricane Katrina. The novel opens with the family dog, China giving birth to her puppies in a detailed,…