After ‘Sorrow and Bliss’, Meg Mason’s new novel asks if books can save us

After ‘Sorrow and Bliss’, Meg Mason’s new novel asks if books can save us

[ad_1] I sometimes say that My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell’s autobiographical novel from 1956 – saved my life. My mother pressed her dog-eared copy into my hands during a year I was hospitalised repeatedly for major depression. The sun-soaked Greek island of Corfu – as well as the Durrell family’s foibles and … Read more