Tag Archives: England

Review: H Is for Hawk

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Gabriella West

I wanted to do a belated review of a memoir I bought last summer and finished late last year, Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk (Grove, currently $4.96 on Kindle). Hard to write a short review of this gorgeous book. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged England, grief, hawks, healing, Helen Macdonald, memoir, naturalist, nature, outsiders, power, T.H. White, wildness | Leave a comment

Review: Mrs. Woolf and the Servants

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Gabriella West

When I read Virginia Woolf‘s Diaries (an experience I recommend to any writer) back in 2011 I remember thinking what horrible bosses she and Leonard were to their hapless, underpaid employees at the Hogarth Press, which they ran out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Writing | Tagged Alison LIght, Bloomsbury Group, class, England, female servants, hyde park gate, intimacy, relationships between women, sexuality, Virginia Woolf, women, writers | Leave a comment

Rowling’s ‘Casual Vacancy’ Strikes a Nerve

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Gabriella West

‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown ($35 hardcover); Kindle ($14.99) Joanne Rowling is a woman with a ton of baggage. As her own writer bio on Amazon states, she’s the author of the “bestselling Harry Potter series of … Continue reading →