The Lie of the Land
The Lie of the Land is another “state of the nation” novel, this time inspired by the recession that began in 2009 and which continues to the present. One day, just before the recession became public knowledge, my husband came...
Hearts and Minds Background
Hearts and Minds began in 2001, when I noticed just how many people in my daily life were immigrants. The man who swept the streets, the woman who cleaned my house, the waitresses in a local cafe, the dry cleaner,...