Reviews round-up
Confessions
by Catherine Airey
4 of 5 critics positive
5 reviews: 4 positives, 1 mixed
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“messy, bold and beautiful”
Confessions — girls, women, mothers
Positive
Read the review ↗“Stunning emigration story”
Stunning emigration story begins in the shadow of 9/11 and criss-crosses generations of women being held back
Positive
Read the review ↗“family secrets unearthed”
Confessions by Catherine Airey review – family secrets unearthed
Positive
Read the review ↗“A remarkably confident, complex and nuanced debut novel”
Confessions by Catherine Airey: A remarkably confident, complex and nuanced debut novel
Mixed
Read the review ↗“it doesn’t quite live up to hype”
Confessions is the biggest debut novel of the year – it doesn’t quite live up to hype
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