6/21/2023 0 Comments Geraldine brooks book reviews![]() Both sister are more than a little in love with Sasha. The girls are home-schooled and Amy, especially, develops a genius for languages, receiving private tutoring in Russian from Sasha, a Ukrainian former student of their father’s. Amy tries to show her the pictures at just the right moment, just right before the nurse puts the needle in”. The third person limited perspective reveals Amy to be a protective big sister who shoulders responsibility: “There is nothing in the world worse than Zoe having her blood drawn. The protagonist is ‘Amy’, who lives in a tornado-ridden Oklahoma and whose sister, ‘Zoe’ – a handy A to Z of growing up there – has a mysterious series of illnesses that land her in hospital. So, it’s clear that this is thinly veiled autobiography literally all that may have been changed is the character names. Here in the UK, though, Charco Press published it as part of their new range of untranslated fiction – with no photos, alas. I was intrigued by the publication history of this one: Croft first wrote it in Spanish, then produced an English-language version which, in the USA, was marketed as a memoir illustrated with her own photographs. I have a couple of others on order from the library (Kennedy and Patel), but will only bother to read them if they are shortlisted. I’ve managed to read a few more novels from the longlist and started another ( Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks), which would take me up to 6 read out of 16. The Women’s Prize shortlist will be announced on Wednesday the 26th. ![]()
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