After Colette

'Joan Lingard has taken a great risk with this book, inviting comparisons with Colette. She justifies it. The novel is full of vitality,; it has also that bitter-sweet sympathy with human frailty which was one of Colette's greatest qualities. This is a very good novel.' - Allan Massie, The Scotsman

 

'Joan Lingard performs a delicate balancing act between different strands of source material to create an engaging and intriguing story.' - Alex Clark, Times Literary Supplement

 

'Wholly convincing, exquisitely crafted fiction . . . a telling tale written . . . with great concision and compassion.' - Tom Adair, Scotland on Sunday

 

'Ambitious, well-written, skilfully constructed.' - Jessica Mann, Sunday Telegraph

 

Shorted listed for the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Book Award