ARGONAUT BOOKS

This novel is told through the eyes (and spelling) of a young girl in a vivid and funny evocation of the author's own extraordinary childhood. Reviews Tragic, comic and completely bonkers all in one, I'd go as far as to call her something of a neglected genius Guardian - Lucy ScholesA vision that shifts between savagery, lyricism and tragic wit. A true originalIndependentIt is hard not to believe that Barbara Comyns's own adventures are entangled in her fiction. Sisters by a River, which she wrote for her own childrenSpectator - Jane GardamQuite simply, Comyns' w...Read More