All In Her Head by Nikki Smith This is a hard book to review because much of what is so brilliant about it is only revealed as the narrative unfolds, and I wouldn’t want to take away any of the…

The Best Most Awful Job: Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood edited by Katherine May  I’m a sucker for any book or article that promises to speak honestly about motherhood. I found my own initiation into motherhood incredibly hard; it’s…

Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton It took a few chapters for me to get into this book, but once I did I was hooked and could barely put it down. A school in Somerset is under siege by unknown gunmen…