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“That should be my epitaph: All because of my stupid childhood.”

A review of “Will and Testament” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

How do you write a successful novel about a traumatic childhood? Let’s raise the bar: how do you write a best-selling book about a person who remembers being raped by her father? Norwegian author Vigdis Hjorth achieves this. … Read More

“I had lost my self-confidence where you were concerned, had traded it for a boundless sense of guilt

I’ve been thinking about Kafka’s story about turning into an insect this week, and why he would write a story about a young man who shamed his family by turning into a useless cockroach. A Czech bookstore had a book-length letter that Kafka wrote to his father, which was … Read More

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“That should be my epitaph: All because of my stupid childhood.”

A review of “Will and Testament” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

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“I had lost my self-confidence where you were concerned, had traded it for a boundless sense of guilt

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A review of “Will and Testament” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

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