The Queen of Dirt Island Continues Strange Flowers’ Theme of Love

After reading Donal Ryan's Strange Flowers, I was pleasantly surprised by how he had managed to present everyday life and drama in such a gripping way, making things seem more "bigger", more important than was expected. In a way, that's the truth about life. (I was about to write something but started confusing myself. It…

An Exploration Of Strange Flowers, Grief, And Love

Strange Flowers took me by surprise. I expected this book to be good, but it was instead good in a way that wrapped itself around my mind and crept into my heart without me expecting it. This story is told in multiple viewpoints. It is centred around Moll Gladney's disappearance and unexpected reappearance years later.…