In Search of Adam - Caroline Smailes

Inside the front cover is a map of the street in which the fictional character Jude lives. It is clearly a child's drawing and the straight(ish - no ruler) lines of the buildings suggest a strong desire to create an ordered, logical world. Interestingly, this is repeated on the back cover, perhaps suggesting that this childish desire persisted or was never resolved throughout Jude's life. This is understandable since the novel opens with the suicide of Jude's mother, who leaves a note explaining that she has gone 'in search of adam'. Jude does not know who Adam is or why her mother has done this, but she crawls into bed with her, letting her mother's sick pool in her own ...  Read the complete review