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`A meditation on the lengths we will go to for love ... Briscoe is a lushly evocative writer ... beguilingly good'
----Observer
`A haunting, richly satisfying novel that plays with disturbing complexity on the question of how far it's possible, or even desirable, to escape from the past'
----Literary Review
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`A haunting, richly satisfying novel that plays with disturbing complexity on the question of how far it's possible, or even desirable, to escape from the past'
----Literary Review
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'In You Joanna Briscoe writes with elegance and passion about the clashes, misunderstandings and silences between generations. It is dangerously addictive: life was put firmly on hold while I raced to finish it' Maggie O'Farrell Praise for Sleep With Me: 'Seductive, scary and almost frighteningly readable' Julie Myerson 'A beautifully written and emotionally candid novel which also happens to be a page-turner' Jonathan Coe 'Elegiac, beautiful, evocative ... Sleep With Me works in much the same way as an obsession ... you may wish to escape, but have already become addicted' Daily Telegraph
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Joanna Briscoe is a superb writer, and this is her best book yet. A haunting, seductive story, about a mother searching for a baby she was forced to give up, it grabs you and holds you under, breathless for the outcome.
The people, the place, the hippy school where teachers called Idris and Kasha encourage the love-children of fading rock stars and cash- strapped hippies with the right connections to follow their fancy in jazz dance and naked swimming, the subsuming obsession of an adolescent girl's crush on her English teacher, and the same woman's anger and compassion for her young self twenty years later - all are described with such truth and originality that there comes a point where you simply forgot you are reading at all. You are living in this book.
This is one of those agonising books that you can't put down but don't want to finish. Exquisite torture.
The people, the place, the hippy school where teachers called Idris and Kasha encourage the love-children of fading rock stars and cash- strapped hippies with the right connections to follow their fancy in jazz dance and naked swimming, the subsuming obsession of an adolescent girl's crush on her English teacher, and the same woman's anger and compassion for her young self twenty years later - all are described with such truth and originality that there comes a point where you simply forgot you are reading at all. You are living in this book.
This is one of those agonising books that you can't put down but don't want to finish. Exquisite torture.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Joanna Briscoe's haunting book is all about the pain of loss and longing. Both Dora and her daughter Celie spend their adult lives yearning for someone who is absent, or not fully available. Haunted by loss, the real people in their real lives fail to get their full attention; and in Celie's daughter Ruth, we see this psychological pattern repeating in a third generation. Ruth, unable to fully feel her mother's devotion, turns to a fantasy world, with almost disastrous consequences.
Dora realises she did the wrong things "by attaching myself to someone who cannot be pinned down."
This novel is beautifully and subtly written, haunting and mysterious to the last pages, when it all falls into place in an ending you'd never guess (however hard I tried...) but makes perfect sense.
Dora realises she did the wrong things "by attaching myself to someone who cannot be pinned down."
This novel is beautifully and subtly written, haunting and mysterious to the last pages, when it all falls into place in an ending you'd never guess (however hard I tried...) but makes perfect sense.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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If you loved Joanna Briscoe's previous novel, Sleep With Me, as much as I did, you'll find lots to admire and enjoy in her latest, You. You is set in the countryside, in contrast to the very metropolitan Sleep With Me, but it excites in many of the same ways: with stunning prose, brilliant observation, high passion and some shocking twists in the plot.
The narrative offers the parallel stories of Cecilia and her mother, Dora, as each negotiates life raising children in the country. It begins when Cecilia returns to live in her childhood home and as the story unfolds in these two different dimensions of time, we see how the sometimes shocking events of the past - and particularly Cecilia's passion for her charismatic teacher, Mr Dahl - must inevitably come back to claim her.
The author evokes a brilliant sense of period in the flashback scenes, and a strong sense of place throughout. But it is the story that drives this book, and the tension builds as you turn the pages.
Treat yourself to this book.
The narrative offers the parallel stories of Cecilia and her mother, Dora, as each negotiates life raising children in the country. It begins when Cecilia returns to live in her childhood home and as the story unfolds in these two different dimensions of time, we see how the sometimes shocking events of the past - and particularly Cecilia's passion for her charismatic teacher, Mr Dahl - must inevitably come back to claim her.
The author evokes a brilliant sense of period in the flashback scenes, and a strong sense of place throughout. But it is the story that drives this book, and the tension builds as you turn the pages.
Treat yourself to this book.
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disappointung
I loved this book until the end - the author obviously likes to leave her readers wanting more. I couldnt believe I had reached the end of the book and kept flicking over pages... Read more
Published 2 months ago by ann johnston
Darkly delightful
This story kind of consumed me. It lured me in with its sweet delicate prose and pinned me down with its compelling characters and frighteningly beautiful setting of the hills of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ms. Cl College
Brilliant !
This was an excellent read - I could barely put the book down ! I could feel the pain of the main character Cecilia and felt as if i was actually in the story living through all... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kerry Blance
Fevered and obsessive
I enjoyed this book but do feel that it perhaps tries to cram too many plot-lines in for it to become a five star read. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Roman Clodia
Disappointing
I read Sleep with Me on holiday and was very impressed with how well-sustained it was in terms of plot, tension and character arc. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Err Wells
Loved it
I have just finished this, with a lump in my throat. I wanted it to end because I wanted to know what happened, but I didn't want it to end because it was so gripping! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lovereading
Excellent Writing
I really enjoyed this book. The writing is superb and a definite class above much of women's literature. Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Barker
Another wonderful book
JB's first book, Mothers & Other Lovers, was an outstanding debut and for me this is up there with one. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Stephanie Calman
You by Joanna Briscoe
Haunting and beautiful - Joanna Briscoe weaves a tale of passion, obsession, unlocked memories and family relationships. I could not put it down.
Published 11 months ago by Sinead O'Farrell
Brilliant novel - six stars. Takes over your life!
A friend who's a bookseller was sent an early copy of this because he'd loved the author's book 'Sleep With Me', which I only saw on television. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lola Bergen
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