Paula Sharp est une auteure américaine dont les œuvres de fiction se concentrent sur la famille américaine et explorent les thèmes de l'injustice sociale. Sa prose explore les complexités des relations familiales, révélant les lignes de bataille cachées qui façonnent souvent nos vies. À travers ses récits, elle aborde des problèmes sociétaux profondément enracinés, offrant un examen poignant de l'expérience humaine. Son écriture se caractérise par son honnêteté et sa compassion sans faille.
This is the story of Melanie Ratleer, a judge who is approaching the peak of her career with the anguished awareness that she has long since abandoned herself to the comforting impersonality of her work. Paula Sharp is the author of "The Woman Who Was Not All There" and "The Imposter".
Penny knows that her mother drinks too much and has a flair for melodrama but she also has a sense of fun that makes everything feel the way it should. So when her mother goes south in 1977 to "dry out" in a convent, Penny is alarmed to be left in the care of a high-minded lady called Isabel Flood.