Adeline - Tapa dura

The Bloomsbury Group is richly rendered . . . Vincent's use of a prose style verging on stream of consciousness is particularly effective and affecting (Independent)

Electrifyingly good (New Statesman)

'Adeline pays tribute to Woolf in its writing style, echoing her signature prose and nodding to the stream of consciousness that became Woolf's contribution to modernist literature' (Sam Baker Harpers Bazaar)

'will give Bloomsbury addicts an enjoyable fix' (Jan Dalley Financial Times)

'This is a book for both fans of Woolf and those of us who feel guilty about not knowing the writer's work... You'll be inspired' (Viv Groskop Red)

Written elegantly in rather Woolfian free indirect style, and with spiky, erudite dialogue, Vincent's portraits are grounded in thick historical research. . . Vincent is assured enough to do a rare thing: to really ventriloquise Woolf on the topic of her work and creative imagination. . . As the Bloomsburys were such a troubled lot, Vincent is also able to sink her teeth into juicy encounters, and suck out their dramatic potential . . .[W]hat's really striking is the way that Vincent tunnels behind her characters, mining their psychological depths. She writes with astonishingly fluid conviction and insight . . . Vincent often seems to get to the heart of things - insisting, rightly I think, that Woolf's mysticism, her "overwhelming revelation" of universal inter-connectedness, is key to understanding the work and the woman. This tunnelling beyond the surface was Woolf's skill too, of course - and she often did use her circle as starting points for her writing. (Holly Williams Independent on Sunday)

'a thoughtful portrait of mental illness from the inside... the book is rich with detail... a perfectly good, densely woven yarn' (Nancy Durrant The Times)