Book review: ‘Outline’ by Rachel Cusk

“Sometimes it has seemed to me that life is a series of punishments for such moments of unawareness, that one forges one’s own destiny by what one doesn’t notice or feel compassion for; that what you don’t know and don’t make the effort to understand will become the very thing you are forced into knowledge...

Book Reviews: Faber Stories – Lorrie Moore, P.D. James and Alan Bennett

Story One: 'Terrific Mother' by Lorrie Moore ‘Terrific Mother’ is my first Lorrie Moore. I know she is much praised here so when I saw this Faber mini book I thought why not? ⁣⁣Adrienne is 35 years old and childless. The best compliment a woman can get is ‘you’d make a terrific mother’ when they...