The Illumination of Ursula Flight
Written by Anna-Marie Crowhurst
Narrated by Imogen Comrie
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Anna-Marie Crowhurst
Anna-Marie Crowhurst began her career aged 20 as a music journalist on legendary style magazine Sleazenation, and has worked as a freelance culture journalist and columnist for The Times, the Guardian, Time Out, Newsweek and Stylist, for which she wrote the Forgotten Women column, discovering the untold histories of inspirational women of the past. Her debut novel, The Illumination of Ursula Flight, was published in 2018. She lives in London.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book reminded me of Thomas Hardy. That is a good thing for the writer, as it shows that her objective, of sharing a “ classical-type” of a story happening in mid XXVIIth century was achieved. But the story, per se, I found it quite linear and a bit boring. Yes, as Ursula matures, she is able to find her own voice in a society that does not create space for women and their choices. She is swept by the social conventions initially, becoming the adolescent wife of an old noble , goes through finding love and hoping that life in a loving couple will be possible, only to end up alone and with child, having to find her way or come back with her head down. She manages to enroll as an actress in a theater and slowly to prove her worth as a play writer. Her play “ The Illumination of UF” is very well received, as it tells her story and the story of other women.
What was good about this book:
- the writing style : journal entries plus play notes created a bit of variation
- the language: made you feel that she was from the respective era
What was average about the book:
- the story on the development of the character, raising the issues of social roles, conventions, statute of women
What was bad about the book:
- during the first half of the book the character is not credible and really not very likable; she accepts abuse as part of normality and her coping through writing seems to work a little too well;
- the story kind of ends when the character becomes interesting; i would’ve traded for a short description of her childhood and adolescence, for a longer focus on her adult life
- the novel is labeled as historical fiction, but the historical context is quite sketchy- i did not learn too much about England at 1600 other than that there was a court and a king, there were play-courts and noblemen. So, on this side, the book was really disappointing.