Siobhan O'Leary
Content by Siobhan O'Leary
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Caught between two worlds
Issue: August, 2005Written when she was 18 years old, Helen Oyeyemi's sophisticated debut novel, The Icarus Girl, tells the story of eight-year-old Jessamy Jess Harrison, a girl caught between many differen Read more » -
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Issue: July, 2005It is difficult to imagine how a novel that deals with the sterile formality of relationships in 19th-century China could also bring to light the poignant tale of two young girls from very different Read more »

