Reasons She Goes to the Woods (Hardcover)

from MandaTheStrange

I really did expect more from this book. I read it in a few sittings and sadly I wasn't that impressed with it. To be honest, it was really quite disturbing...and I really don't think it was my cup of tea at all, which is a real shame as I thought it initially had some promise. One of the laziest...

from Opinionated

There is no doubt that this is a triumph of format; in 124 vignettes Pearl grows from an odd infant being rather casually raised in a household touched by both poverty and insanity and just possibly a touch of sexual abuse, to a dangerous young woman. The years slip by seamlessly marked by the se...

from gaskella

Deborah Kay Davies is one of those writers who does dark brilliantly. Her first novel 'True Things About Me' was disturbing yet unputdownable - about a thrill-seeking young woman who gets into an abusive relationship. Her second novel, the Baileys longlisted 'Reasons She Goes to the Woods' is als...