Reviews round-up
Leaving Home
by Mark Haddon
3 of 3 critics positive
3 reviews: 1 rave, 2 positives
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“blistering memoir of a loveless childhood”
Leaving Home by Mark Haddon review – blistering memoir of a loveless childhood
Positive
Read the review ↗“recasts a painful childhood in kaleidoscopic color”
From a Best-Selling Novelist, a Memoir Drawn in Blood and Whimsy
Positive
Read the review ↗“turns a troubled childhood into a gripping memoir”
‘Leaving Home’ turns a troubled childhood into a gripping memoir
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