Reasons She Goes to the Woods

‘Exquisite…to be marvelled at.’

* Guardian *

‘Outstanding… Davies is a poet, and this is a poet’s novel in the very best sense – every word is pin-sharp and perfectly in its place.’

* The Times *

‘Pearl is a marvellously contradictory creation, showing the cruelty in children as well as their neediness, their capacity for love and friendship... Davies’ novel reads almost like a prose poem.’

* Independent on Sunday *

‘A sexy, contrary book…also a story concerned with morality. The most sustained and challenging aspect of the narrative is its insistence about what a little girl is like.’ 

* Times Literary Supplement *

‘Brutal, funny... One of those rare novels that is genuinely about sex, in all its irrationality and potential for self-destruction.’  

* Lionel Shriver, author of We Need to Talk About Kevin *

‘Best for highbrow sun lounging…told with a gothic, sensual style that Angela Carter would be proud of.’

* Grazia *

‘Raw, lyrical, sad, this haunting story packs a deceivingly strong punch.’

* Publishers Weekly *

‘Dark, beautifully descriptive and rather haunting.’

* Grazia Daily *

‘A spiky echo of Angela Carter, with whom Ms Davies at her best stands fair comparison… The language is fresh, the imagery striking…and Pearl herself is a rampant, compelling, fully-realised, wild-eyed, teary creation.’

* The Scotsman *

‘A poetic and strange novel, full of flair.’ 

* Emerald Street *

‘A rounded, complex portrait of growing-up that has an atmosphere all of its own.’

* We Love This Book *

 

Praise for TrueThings About Me

 

‘In this wallop of a little novel... Ms. Davies writes with such spunk that you stay with her for much of the ride’ New York Times