I’m happy to admit that sometimes I pick books for superficial reasons – it’s why I have The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird – I bought it for the cover.

The story focuses on Lois Saunders, who had thought that marrying the right man would cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband was, Lois felt suffocated in their loveless marriage and leaves him.

Pretend we’re in a movie, he would say before they went to a dinner party, but she wasn’t sure how to, as no one was there to give her the lines. Continue reading →