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THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST
Observer
Melvyn Bragg
I was moved, even shaken, by the passion of Hart's novel. She has
a boldness and challenge unique among her contemporaries.
Daily Mail
Kenneth Baker
A great novel of childhood, and family
emotion, beautifully written by this increasingly surefooted author.
Describes the intense relationship of a male psychiatrist with his
sister and its mysterious origins in the family home in Ireland.
Sunday Telegraph
Reconstruction is both the title and the cleverly-woven theme of this novel...she does it with much style.
The Times
The bleaker shores of family life, explored to such devastating effect
in Damage are returned to... a compelling work - there is spareness
to Hart's writing that is admirable.
Irish Independent
Very good indeed... engrossing
Sunday Independent
This is a wonderful book, brilliantly told. There's so much to recommend - Hart's spare, knowing magnetic prose, her psychological veracity...her distinctively Irish gift for fluently reeling you into the hear of a story...A masterpiece
Eve magazine
Further proof of Hart's huge talent.
Time Out New York
Memory has a powerful effect on who we are; in fact, it is often the very basis for our definition of self. It is the inescapable force of memory about which Josephine Hart writes in her latest novel, The Reconstructionist.
Her characterizations are so deft, and her treatment of the corrosive
effects of unaddressed trauma so subtle, the author seems to offer
insight into anyone who is unable to experience life's full range
of ups and owns.
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