Review: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

The only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it

Review: A Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

Review: The Power, by Naomi Alderman

The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.

Review: The Bell Jar – by Sylvia Plath

Synopsis: Esther Greenwood is at college and is fighting two battles, one against her own desire for perfection in all things - grades, boyfriend, looks, career - and the other against remorseless mental illness. As her depression deepens she finds herself encased in it, bell-jarred away from the rest of the world. This is the …