The Death of the Heart

 

For years I've been reading books from the writer Elizabeth Taylor (not the actress) but I've heard people dismiss her as an Elizabeth Bowen want to be. I was curious so I read Bowen's most famous book.  It is good but I like Taylor more. My favorite book of hers A Wreath of Roses is kind of like a Hitchcock movie. I did like this book though and plan to read more by Bowen.  It is about an orphan who is sent to live with her half brother Thomas.  She takes to Eddie who is a flirt. Thomas' wife Anna has read her diary and the teenager has a breakdown. I love reading women's literature from the 1940s through the 1960s. Virago Modern classics and New York Review Book Classics publish a ton of good stuff from that genre.