Sarah Ditum reviews Grace Lavery’s book

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SpiderVersed · 07/02/2022 10:37

She’s got a point, the pun in the title is very good. But otherwise Lavery is saying the quiet part out loud.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d95d9e92-85e7-11ec-b939-57ea9f594ba1?shareToken=8d58838e7b97ce21a4181d7bff0f91df

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OvaHere · 07/02/2022 11:38

Thanks Sarah for reading this so nobody else has to.

IvyTwines · 07/02/2022 11:30

More sunlight into what is actually going on here. I haven't noticed many mentions of Torrey Peters in the UK media recently. When Torrey's book came out there was a massive hoopla and it was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. And then people actually read it.

Distractable · 07/02/2022 11:30

Thanks for posting the share token @SpiderVersed. Came over here to find one! Very grateful to Sarah Ditum for reading this nonsense so I don't have to. GL went to my son's old school 😬 I've no idea what they now teach on gender stuff though - my son left before it became an issue. Though I've not seen the school celebrating GL in the way they do Lee Child, also a former pupil.

NonnyMouse1337 · 07/02/2022 11:30

@FannyCann

I feel Sarah deserves a

for her commitment to the team, reading all these books and reporting back so the rest of us can avoid.

Absolutely!!! I feel like I need some mind bleach after reading the review. Not sure I could read the actual book.

FannyCann · 07/02/2022 11:25

I feel Sarah deserves a for her commitment to the team, reading all these books and reporting back so the rest of us can avoid.

Helleofabore · 07/02/2022 11:22

Oh my!

Mumsnet gets a mention too.

That is going to be quite the read. It is surely so deliberately confrontational and offensive to get it talked about.

I wonder if that debate with Helen Joyce is going to go ahead. Roll on Lavery's promo tour.

Melroses · 07/02/2022 11:20

That was quite something!

FebruaryRainandSleet · 07/02/2022 10:44

‘heterosexuality with pretensions’!

Well.

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