Like a Cat Loves a Bird'This is a deeply stylish, astute and illuminating biography of a fascinating writer' FRANCESCA WADE, author of Square Haunting 'Utterly charming. A book as elegant, sharp witted and mischievous as its subject' CLARE POLLARD, author of Delphi 'She was, if you believe what you read in the papers: a genius, a survivor, a bad mother, a fickle friend, a closeted lesbian, a tyrant, a loner, an eccentric, a recluse, a gossip, and an arch manipulator. She

like a pilgrim

Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell planted in his cottage in Hertfordshire

enchanted woodlands

poison and madness and Sarah must return to Edinburgh's slums

featuring facts

can be drawn inspiration

telling the time

Ribbon Cut

With the passing seasons

and as she slips back over a hundred years

the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades

These memorable experiences are characterised by intensity of perception