Mothers, Daughters, and Desperate Performances in “My Phantoms” – Chicago Review of Books

Mothers, Daughters, and Desperate Performances in “My Phantoms” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] I first came across Gwendoline Riley’s work via Andy Miller’s glowing recommendation on his podcast Backlisted, in which he praises My Phantoms, her latest novel, as “a page-turning discomfort read.” And it is uncomfortable. It’s also darkly funny and incisive. But perhaps the word that best describes it is cold. Over the course of … Read more