I’d been suffering from a cold earlier this week and was in need of a change of scenery to perk me up. So I took the trolley for a spin yesterday to Chesterfield library for an event marking World Mental Health Day. There were stalls offering information and advice, free Indian head massage, refreshments and a poetry workshop but I was there specifically to meet Liz Kettle, author of the novel Broken Biscuits. Liz’s book (which explores the theme of mental illness within a family) was first published in 2006 and I reviewed it for whichbook.net. It was great to meet her and listen to her talking about her book which I can highly recommend; this is what I said about it in my review:
Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits, raised on a diet of broken biscuits – Jarvis Cocker’s lyrics resonate throughout this dark comedy. Agnes is senile while her granddaughter, Jodie, is odd. As the story shifts between the two women, it shows how our little histories and inheritance make us the people we are. I was hooked from the first page.
