Reviewing Mansfield & Me

I’ve got a few reviews lately, and I’m going to head over and update my reviews page. One of my favourites is in the Overland Journal, by Michalia Arathimos.

“In Mansfield and Me you will find many pretty things: landscapes and flowers and historical literary figures. You will also find birth, sex, blood, rock and punk, artistic rejection, motherhood and mercilessly real depictions of relationships.”

Adrian Kinnaird also reviewed M&M on his NZ comics blog, From Earth’s End. 

“It’s a remarkable ode to creativity and a personal journey to achieving one’s ambitions. If you love great memoirs and want to experience one that’s a bit unconventional but highly entertaining, this is the one for you.”

And here’s one by Melinda Johnston, over on The Spinoff.

“The struggle to find a place in the world, to reconcile sexual identity, and to find a working balance between ambition and everyday reality are all successfully realised.”

Like I say, nice reviews, no declarations of my genius, dammit, but I suppose there’s always the next book. Or else I can recognise my desire for validation as a sick addiction that I have to let go of!