A beguiling debut novel for fans of Kate Atkinson and Sarah Waters
Mary Paulson-Ellis lives in Edinburgh. She has an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow and was awarded the inaugural Curtis Brown Prize for Fiction in 2009 and the Maverick Award from the Tom McGrath Trust in 2011. Her short stories and non-fiction have been published in a variety of anthologies and magazines including New Writing Scotland, Gutter and the Herald. The Other Mrs Walker is her debut novel.
The beauty of this book is in the writing style and delicate plot .
. . It reminded me of Kate Atkinson, particularly her Jackson
Brodie novels - part mystery, part family drama and lots of just
brilliant observation . . . Thoroughly enjoyable and highly
recommended
*Nudge*
An impressive debut . . . Flinted with shards of black humour, The
Other Mrs Walker is refreshingly inventive crime fiction as
Margaret gradually uncovers the truth "of children born and died.
Of madwomen dragged out into the street. Of a mother who had tried
in her own way to keep her daughter safe."
*Irish Times*
This compelling story, set from 1921 to 2011, reveals the secrets
of a group of women whose pasts are strangely connected.
*Mail on Sunday*
Paulson-Ellis has been compared to Kate Atkinson for her
time-shifting debut, a structure which, it has to be said, is
handled impressively well here . . . She captures the greyness of
an Edinburgh winter superbly well; she portrays the desperation and
colourlessness of pre and post-war London even better . . . One of
the strongest debuts of the year
*Glasgow Herald*
A wonderful, inventive debut with an intricate and intriguing
structure, characters that fascinate and a beady authorial eye for
detail. I can't wait to see what this author has up her sleeve
next.
*Daily Mail*
Intriguing and atmospheric
*Guardian*
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