The Ballroom was as good as I was hoping it would be. Like Anna Hope's first book Wake, the story is told through alternating narrators: Ella, John and Charles. Ella and John are both patients at the Sharston mental institution, neither of them 'mad' or 'feeble-minded'. Just bad luck, really, has landed them there, at … Continue reading The Ballroom by Anna Hope
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Wake by Anna Hope
I can think of two reasons why I enjoyed this book so much. One is because the story is set in 1920, a time when people are still reeling from the affects of WWI. It catered to my love of wartime literature. Two, it is a beautifully told story about three women who are learning how to live … Continue reading Wake by Anna Hope
Consumed by Ink 