There’s a moment where she describes the way a child will eat fruit after grief that I think of weekly. The book I wish I’d writtenFever Dream by Samanta Schweblin accurately captures that great gnawing fear that comes with motherhood. I felt the truest fear of motherhood – that we are only one terrifying moment away from losing our children. Samanta Schweblin captures that great gnawing fear that comes with motherhoodThe book that had the greatest influence on my writingJoy Williams’s The Visiting Privilege. I suppose it comes as no surprise that I like dark writing, like Williams’, which seems to start in the grave and tunnel downwards.

Source: The Guardian July 16, 2021 09:00 UTC