Author:William Palmer
One day in June 1931 the body of a young girl was found on a lonely beach in Long Island, New York. She was bruised and there were some signs that she had been raped. It was thought that she had been murdered. She was soon identified as Starr Faithfull, a nicely brought up girl from a good family, but the picture soon began to change. Starr was not what she seemed: she was sexually promiscuous, mentally unstable and, crucially, had been abused as a child by her guardian, a prominent Boston politician. A tabloid sensation in the 1930s, the story of Starr Faithfull is the basis of William Palmer's extraordinary new novel.
Alice Hoffman is simply brilliant
—— Daily MailA moving, poignant, powerful tale about love, death, friendship and family... Blue Diary gently gets under your skin. You'll be hooked
—— Daily MirrorAlice Hoffman writes quite wonderfully about the magic in our lives
—— New York Times Book ReviewLike her contemporaries, Carol Shields and Alice Munro, Hoffman has an acute eye for detail... Hoffman writes with heartbreaking clarity
—— The TimesHonest, shattering, seductive, and ultimately healing, Blue Diary is an unforgettable novel by a writer who tells "truths powerful enough to break a reader's heart"
—— TimeI have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly-extraordinary
—— MademoiselleCompelling power...tenderness and perceptiveness
—— The New York TimesDeeply impressive...powerful
—— NewsweekCompassionate... This is a serious, honest novel
—— Village VoiceThis is one of her best... it contains all the elements we love from her books: a hint of magic, love and personality
—— AmazonGripping and moving, it has a touch of magic that will keep you turning the pages
—— Woman's OwnTender... Deeply memorable
—— Kirkus ReviewsIts richness of prose is evocative
—— Historical Novels ReviewIt is every inch the assured and stunning debut that everyone suggests
—— Dovegreyreader.comWyld is a languorous writer with great skill in characterisation...will delight
—— Philip Womack , Sunday TelegraphThis is a young writer with talent to burn
—— Emma Hagestadt , IndependentTold with quiet, characterful poise, the noel succeeds in evoking not only Australia's epic geographical landscape, but its literary terrain too summoning echoes of some of that country's finest writers,
—— Hephzibah Anderson , Daily MailThis is a highly accomplished first novel. Evie Wyld is not a show off writer. She has a clean, clear prose style which is exactly right in the service if her story, and the best ear for dialogue in a long time.
—— Susan Hill , The LadyWyld's debut novel dissects the misery that seeps inexorably from one generation to the next
—— Anna Scott , GuardianWyld can write very well, in a vivid descriptive style reminiscent of Tim Winton's.
—— Christina Koning , The TimesWyld's superb skills at portraying a hot, dusty landscape and her psychological insight will pull you inexorably in.
—— Louise Doughty , PsychologiesSuperb assured first novel about fathers and sons. Pitch-perfect prose
—— Woman & HomeA very impressive first novel. Wise and wry, it uses its Australian bush setting to great effect, Wyld's protagonists fleeing there from wars, both literal and familial. She writes great characters and makes you love them as she nails them.
—— Rachel Seiffert , Sunday Herald, Christmas round upThis is a sad yet beautiful story of fathers and sons, their wars and the things they will never know about each other
—— NI HomesCleverly metafictional, humorously perverse, and impressively original
—— Courtney Garner , Yorker
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