CATHY MOORE , DI RECTOR OF CAMBRIDGE L I TERARY FEST IVAL , ON C I RCE Circe is Madeline Miller’s sparkling feminist take on The Odyssey, in which she joyously, boldly and intimately reimagines Circe, daughter of Helios, for a #MeToo generation. The long-awaited follow up to her debut, the Orange prize-winning Song of Achilles in 2011, Circe is more than worth the wait. It is a gripping read which ravishingly evokes gods, monsters and mortals and dazzles with its brilliance. Madeline Miller’s rehabilitation of Circe from a god to an independent woman who faces life, love, heartbreak, loneliness and motherhood with an immensely relatable humanity is nothing short of genius.
EDITION BOOKSHELF MORE TOP READS CATCHING OUR EYE THIS MONTH NEMESIS BY RORY CLEMENTS BIG CAT BY EMMA LAZELL THE FAMILIARS BY STACEY HALL
Fans of Robert Harris should look out for this, the third book in a Cambridge-set pre-WWII thriller series created by author Rory Clements that sees TomWilde, history professor and spy aficionado, unravelling a multi-stranded international conspiracy.
Littler readers will enjoy this debut by local author and illustrator Emma, who graduated from the Cambridge School Of Art with distinction in 2018. This surreal romp is reminiscent of children’s classics from the 1970s, with splendid humour and beautiful illustrations.
A gripping debut from the former books editor at Stylist magazine, which follows the misfortunes of 17-year-old Fleetwood Shuttleworth, who is accused of witchcraft after helping a young midwife deliver a baby, and ends up involved in the infamous Pendle witch trials of 1612.
UP NEXT MONTH THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS BY JILL DAWSON Lord Lucan, suspected of the murder of his children’s nanny, disappeared in 1974. Jill Dawson, Orange prize- nominated author of Fred & Edie and The Crime Writer , retells the story from the point of view of Mandy River, the 26-year-old nanny. She arrives in London hoping to escape a troubled past, and finds work looking after the children of Lady Katherine Morven, a wealthy society woman in the midst of a separation from her enigmatic husband, ‘ Dickie ’ . Mandy ’ s new surroundings seem grand and glamorous compared to her own working-class background, but as she tries to protect her young charges from their parents ’ imploding marriage, she soon realises that life in the Morven household isn ’ t as charmed as it first seemed.
THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR £18.99 IN HARDBACK. READ ALONG AND TWEET US YOUR THOUGHTS @CAMBSEDITION, WITH THE HASHTAG #EDITIONBOOKCLUB FOR A CHANCE TO FEATURE IN THE NEXT ISSUE.
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