Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Still enjoying Mary Lawson, and the jacket art has improved, although I think I preferred Road Ends. (Has anybody read A Town Called Solace? It slightly fell apart for me because I couldn't understand how the adults, including a policeman, could be so ineffectual about tracking down a local teenager who might have information about a missing girl.) I heard a radio interview with Mary Lawson talking about how she didn't start writing until her 50s - when she felt she had something to say. If only some of the much-hyped young graduates of creative writing-by-numbers classes felt the same.
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4 comments:

  1. Vronni's Style Meanderings20 October 2021 at 20:43

    One to look out for, Mary. Thank you.
    xxx

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  2. Mary20 October 2021 at 22:54

    Unfortunately, as she was a late starter - and doesn't churn out a book a year - I've only two more books to go,Vronni! But well worth seeking out.

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  3. Pam21 October 2021 at 23:01

    Never heard of her. But will seek her out.

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  4. Mary23 October 2021 at 23:38

    Nor had I until recently, Pam - but she was on the Booker longlist, so perhaps that brought a bit of publicity.

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