Bathsheba Doran: 2 books

kin Anna, a Texan poetry scholar and Sean, an Irish personal trainer, hardly seem destined for one another. But as their web of family and friends crosses distances both psychological and geographical, an unlikely new family is forged. A sharp exploration of the changing face of kinship in the expansive...

“Would you please remember that it’s not us they’re assessing.” She’s been disruptive in class. She’s rude to the teachers. And now she wants to learn the trumpet. But whose performance is really being judged? A mother and father prepare to discuss their daughter’s progress at...