pickIt took me awhile to become entranced by this one which was not helped by the fact that at first part of this book is almost verbatim the end of Bodies of Light. While this wasn‘t my favorite of Moss‘s books I did end up very much entranced and wanted more and more of Ally‘s life ( I could have done with less of Tom‘s journey). I am ready to buy all of books she has written. 2024 may end up the year of Sarah Moss for me.
pickBeautiful writing, as always, and rather interesting tale of Japan and Japanese culture in 1880's. I liked the interaction and cultural diversity, alongside the female asylum story
My wonderful boyfriend gave this to me for Jolabokaflod, along with a gorgeous cherry 🍒 chocolate, vegan.
So blessed.
pickI absolutely loved this; the sequel to Bodies of Light. Ally is now a doctor, breaking boundaries by tentatively starting to practise in Truro Asylum and also finding her footing as a wife. Heartbreaking and beautifully written; with themes of feminism, suffrage, sanity and Victorian poverty, these two books are the best historical fiction I‘ve read in a long time; feeling modern and very relevant. Beautiful.
#12booksof2021 #April @andrew65 was a gd rdg month in which my 5* read was Olive Kitteridge but my final round up choice is the culmination of sarah moss trilogy abt a yng woman from Manchester at the origin of women qualifying as doctors. Sarah moss is so skilled in her storytelling and here newly wed Ally is left in Cornwall working in an asylum with insane women as husband Tom builds a lighthouse in Japan. Can't wait to read her latest in 2022
pickSarah moss is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors and in this, the 3rd in a loose trilogy newly married Ally, with a job as dr in a 19th century cornish women's asylum, faces time alone as husband tom has work in Japan. Written so lovingly I was shouting at the bk when driven by her self guilt she returns to Manchester and her terrible mother. A wonderful 3 bks that I want to reread , and I am looking fwd now to her most recent novel.
There‘s a lot of #WishYouWereHere between Ally, who‘s in England, and Tom who‘s in Japan, in this book. And while this wasn‘t my favourite Moss book, I‘m still in awe of her writing skills 🙌
#MarchIntoThe70s let‘s she how long I can keep up my posting this month 😅
Yes. This is really doing it for me. It's sombre and mysterious. It touches on WW2, topical matters, loneliness and folklore. It references #Essex. Highly recommended. #librarybook #englishauthors
