Brittle joys

by Sara Maitland

Ellie is many things to many a brilliant artist who works with glass, a wayward indulged artiste to her husband, a manipulative mother to her daughter and a maternal figure to a circle of AIDS sufferers. She knows differently.

249 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Sara Maitland is a British writer and academic. An accomplished novelist, she is also known for her short stories. Her work has a magic realist tendency. Maitland is regarded as one of those at the vanguard of the 1970s feminist movement, and is often described as a feminist writer. She is a Roman Catholic, and religion is another theme in much of her work.

Reviews

[Andrew H · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful novel about art, friendship, support, spirituality and gay love. Maitland writes with sensitivity and conviction without over-blowing her artistic conceit. It is, like its central character's artistry, a work of delicacy.