Margaret Coombs’s second novel is an account of personal struggle against oppression and an analysis of the painful growth of awareness wryly viewed with humour and compassion. This is not a tranquil recollection; it is a confronting, buffeting novel, racy, witty, and uneven.
Helen Ayling (pun intended) is both protagonist and narrator. The narrator, perhaps occupying time present, views her yo ...
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