As readers of Moore’s fiction know, she is a brilliant storyteller and sentence-maker.

... striking.

... poignant and hugely entertaining.

It’s easy to sympathize with Moore’s embodiment of the painful, deeply sexist strictures of those years.

... excellent.

There is a coolness in the way she describes traumatic events. Such understatement also lends itself to wicked humour.

... exacting prose.

... affecting.