Reasons She Goes to the Woods

‘Exquisite…to be marvelled at.’

‘Outstanding… Davies is a poet, and this is a poet’s novel in the very best sense – every word is pin-sharp and perfectly in its place.’

‘Pearl is a marvellously contradictory creation, showing the cruelty in children as well as their neediness, their capacity for love and friendship... Davies’ novel reads almost like a prose poem.’

‘A sexy, contrary book…also a story concerned with morality. The most sustained and challenging aspect of the narrative is its insistence about what a little girl is like.’

‘Brutal, funny... One of those rare novels that is genuinely about sex, in all its irrationality and potential for self-destruction.’

‘Best for highbrow sun lounging…told with a gothic, sensual style that Angela Carter would be proud of.’

‘Raw, lyrical, sad, this haunting story packs a deceivingly strong punch.’

‘Dark, beautifully descriptive and rather haunting.’

‘A spiky echo of Angela Carter, with whom Ms Davies at her best stands fair comparison… The language is fresh, the imagery striking…and Pearl herself is a rampant, compelling, fully-realised, wild-eyed, teary creation.’

‘A poetic and strange novel, full of flair.’

‘A rounded, complex portrait of growing-up that has an atmosphere all of its own.’

Praise for True Things About Me

‘In this wallop of a little novel... Ms. Davies writes with such spunk that you stay with her for much of the ride’ New York Times