Maggie O'Farrell in general

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox is an adept and cleverly written novel which takes place over three main time periods and involves three main characters. This complex and interesting story begins in modern day Scotland, where a young, very modern woman named Iris is portrayed in her shop with an unsympathetic attitude and hints of an unstable family upbringing. O'Farrell then unravels the ties and loose ends of her history, and introduces the reader to her grandmother, Kitty, who suffers from severe Alzheimer's, and her secret great-aunt, Esme, who has been locked away in a mental institution since adolesence for reasons left unclear until the climatic ending. As the action unfolds in the ...

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox is an adept and cleverly written novel which takes place over three main time periods and involves three main characters. This complex and interesting story begins in modern day Scotland, where a young, very modern woman named Iris is portrayed in her shop with an unsympathetic attitude and hints of an unstable family upbringing. O'Farrell then unravels the ties and loose ends of her history, and introduces the reader to her grandmother, Kitty, who suffers from severe Alzheimer's, and her secret great-aunt, Esme, who has been locked away in a mental institution since adolesence for reasons left unclear until the climatic ending. As the action unfolds in the ...

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell

I am left wondering if this is a lack in my own grey cells, a defect in the author s narrative or a deliberate blurring on her part! Maggie O’Farrell’s lyrical style (this is her fourth book) has been criticised as “overblown” In the past and her writings about love have caused her past works to be labelled as “ chick lit’s second cousin” but I found this to be far from the case in her latest offering. Even though some descriptions of Iris’s everyday life could be labelled as prosaic, they come as a welcome relief, giving the reader a brief grounding in reality between the incidents of high drama in Kitty’s and Esme’s life stories. I am also certain that this work ...

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell

I am left wondering if this is a lack in my own grey cells, a defect in the author s narrative or a deliberate blurring on her part! Maggie O’Farrell’s lyrical style (this is her fourth book) has been criticised as “overblown” In the past and her writings about love have caused her past works to be labelled as “ chick lit’s second cousin” but I found this to be far from the case in her latest offering. Even though some descriptions of Iris’s everyday life could be labelled as prosaic, they come as a welcome relief, giving the reader a brief grounding in reality between the incidents of high drama in Kitty’s and Esme’s life stories. I am also certain that this work ...

My Lover's Lover - Maggie O'Farrell

turquoise dress, you don’t see her face only her feet and the bottom of her legs, there is also a slight reflection in a mirror. This is Maggie O’ Farrell’s second book, the acclaim on the book is for her first novel ‘After you’d gone’ which won a Betty Trask Award. The reviews of the previous book say that they were unable to put the book down (Mail on Sunday) ‘Incredibly affecting… a devastating debut’ (The Face) ‘O’Farrell is a born novelist… After you’d gone is gripping, delivered with clarity, care, generosity… supremely moving’ (Scotland on Sunday) Maggie ...

My Lover's Lover - Maggie O'Farrell

turquoise dress, you don’t see her face only her feet and the bottom of her legs, there is also a slight reflection in a mirror. This is Maggie O’ Farrell’s second book, the acclaim on the book is for her first novel ‘After you’d gone’ which won a Betty Trask Award. The reviews of the previous book say that they were unable to put the book down (Mail on Sunday) ‘Incredibly affecting… a devastating debut’ (The Face) ‘O’Farrell is a born novelist… After you’d gone is gripping, delivered with clarity, care, generosity… supremely moving’ (Scotland on Sunday) Maggie ...