Books by Tessa Hadley
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review 1: A rather emotional read for me, perhaps with all the references to loss of parents and a sense of disconnection with others. When I started the book, I wasn't aware that half way through the narrative would be from another point of view and found I didn't much care for the char...
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review 1: The title character may be clever, but not enough to escape an ordinary life. Stella makes the same mistakes many of us do, but the story is illuminated by her telling of it in hindsight. Her most important insight is that that special man she thought was her soul mate and whom...
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review 1: This collection of short stories holds a purity and clarity that is impressive but sometimes a little cold. Her characters are detached and self contained, regarding each other from their separate worlds. Relationships between people are sporadic and short lived, the natural orde...
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review 1: Whenever I go to Atticus Books in New Haven I have a habit of picking up a book of short stories by an author I hadn't heard about before, but fall in love with - and this was no exception. Hadley's writing style is something to aspire to. But she also doesn't alienate her charac...