It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: book review, Edward St Aubyn, Never Mind, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: Bad News, book review, Edward St Aubyn, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: book review, Edward St Aubyn, Patrick Melrose, Some Hope, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: book review, Edward St Aubyn, Mother's Milk, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes, Various
Tags: At Last, book review, Edward St Aubyn, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
‘I am old. That is the first thing to tell you. The thing you are least likely to believe. If you saw me you would probably think I was about forty, but you would be very wrong.’ Teaching history at a London comprehensive Tom Hazard has settled for an ordinary urban life. Or so it […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 28 June 2017. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, History
Tags: book review, How To Stop Time, Matt Haig, SunnyMarch, Tom Hazard
So with ‘The Imitation Game’ fast approaching I notice many (myself included) have started taking a much more detailed interest into Alan Turing and his life and work. Now as much as I would highly recommend “Alan Turing – The Enigma” the biography by Andrew Hodges (which I am enjoying immensely!) I know that not […]
Written by Jess5_11 on 29 September 2014. 1 comment »
Category: Books, History
Tags: Alan Turing, book review, paul strathern, the big idea turing & the computer, The Imitation Game