I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I’d never heard of Julian of Norwich or Margery Kempe before reading Victoria Mackenzie’s exceptional reimagining of their stories in For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain. Both towering figures in the history of English literature - they were responsible for the first book written by a woman and the first autobiography, respectively - the two met briefly in the mid-15th century, and it is this meeting that forms the climax of
Ooh I was wondering should I buy this for the shop. And now I will. Thanks Bram!
This sounds interesting. Thanks for the heads up, I was running out of books to read (not). :)
Haha yeah I've noticed how you often seem to be struggling to find something!