These Days by Lucy Caldwell NYRB ― Scotsman

― Scotsman

These are among the deep questions that lie behind this rare triumph of the novelist’s art

While Virginia embraces her Blackness entirely

A son on another planet sends dispatches home to the mother who failed him

ISBN:  ‎ ‎ 978-0593979044

These Days by Lucy Caldwell NYRB ― ScotsmanTwo sisters. Four nights. One City. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war so far. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman as they try to survive the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, These Days is an unforgettable novel about lives lived under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves REVIEWS "Anyone who read Lucy Caldwell's