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Independent

Posted by Jo Baker on February 10, 2012

'Some writers let you know you're in safe hands from the start and Jo Baker is one of them.'

Some writers let you know you're in safe hands from the start and Jo Baker is one of them... There are gripping set-pieces, from childbirth to battlefield, all related in cut-glass prose and embedded with telling period detail. A satisfying generational history, Baker's novel is reminiscent of Margaret Forster's best work."