Helpers and Handmaids: Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor #historicalfiction #biographicalfiction

In June 2018, Nuala O’Connorwas kind enough to give me a copy of her 2015 novel Miss Emily when we met at the Bath Flash Fiction Festival

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I’ve only just got around to reading it and discovering that rare thing – a really lovely and satisfying example of historical/biographical fiction.

A famously reclusive writer can’t be the easiest choice for a novelist but Nuala has made problems disappear with this beautifully constructed story of Emily Dickinson and her maid. The maid or servant is a...