Inheriting Edith is a beautiful book. It has characters that feel real and are perhaps people you would like to meet. The story reflects on the choices made in different lifetimes and the impact, foreseen or otherwise, of those choices. In essence, it is a tale about how our understanding of the past positions us to choose a positive future.
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Inch Levels is an intriguing read. It moves from the moment a crime was committed and steps over and through the lives of those persons closest to the criminal. It challenges the reader to think of the moments in a person’s life that shape their response to a terrible event. In a genre of writing in which usually focuses on the victim or criminal, this is something different.
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The exploration of trauma, sorrow and pain is a topic that fascinates many writers and readers. How we cope with death, disfigurement or disability can be what defines us as people.
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Prepare a thermos of tea, a plate of biscuits, and cancel your afternoon before embarking on the tumultuous journey. The passion, fire and sheer force of story-telling in this book is extraordinary. I felt my eyes open to a history about the destruction of both America and New Zealand’s forests of which I had previously been unaware.
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