Tag: Texts & Human Experiences

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Women turn into dragons in this feminist reimagining of the 50s (mini-review)

Still Life by Sarah Winman

Found family in Florence (mini-review)

Laurinda by Alice Pung

Brilliant skewering of snobbery and racism (mini-review)

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Enjoyably emotional story

Galatea by Madeleine Miller

Powerful feminist retelling of Pygmalion (mini-review)

Talking Tomatoes by Kate Walker

Poignant story set in a high school production of Romeo and Juliet (mini-review)

Girls in Boys’ Cars by Felicity Castagna

Lively and believable, with a literary touch (mini-review)

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Short, thoughtful speculative novel

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Strange & beautiful novel