In my post on Danielle Wood's Mothers Grimm I focused on how mothers feel about being mothers, but the book is also about the need to BE mothered. So, I thought I'd share a couple of short excerpts from the book about this aspect. It will also give you a better sense of Wood's wry but resigned … Continue reading Delicious descriptions: Danielle Wood on mothering
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Danielle Wood, Mothers Grimm (Review)
If you thought from the title of Danielle Wood's latest novel, Mothers Grimm, that it comprises a retelling of fairytales you'd be right - and wrong. Right, because the stories contained within do springboard from specific fairytales, but wrong if you expect the new stories to be retellings. The wordplay on the title - Mothers … Continue reading Danielle Wood, Mothers Grimm (Review)
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