A thought-provoking account of the friendship that develops between a North London writer and the Kosovan refugee she hires, on impulse, as a cleaner. Antigona's story unfolds erratically, not chronologically, much as you would expect of any history told across a kitchen table, with memories triggered by a word, circumstance or carefully placed question. Through it Clanchy explores the nature and ramifications of freedom, ingrained tradition, motherhood, guilt and privilege. Sounds preachy but isn't.
(Siobhan Thomson - bwl 56 Spring 2010 ) |
