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A review by sawyerbell
Come to the Edge by Joanna Kavenna
4.0
When the narrator's placid, materialistic, suburban life is shattered by her husband trading her in for a new and improved model, she throws her habitual caution to the wind and answers an ad: widow seeks companion for help around the farm.
She arrives expecting a bucolic farm holiday spent with a sweet old lady in a cardigan only to find out the widow is a 6 foot tall, fiery red-headed warrior goddess with revolution on her mind. The widow warrior doesn't believe in government, state education, private property, processed food or--worst of all--indoor plumbing.
This modern day Robin Hood story grabbed me on the first page, had me laughing by the second and hanging on for a wild ride all the way through. Kavenna's writing is fresh, energetic and bitingly funny; it's easy to see why she was on Granta's list of 20 best young writers. Yet underneath the satire, the author raises some interesting questions about the ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Highly recommended for lovers of dark humour.
She arrives expecting a bucolic farm holiday spent with a sweet old lady in a cardigan only to find out the widow is a 6 foot tall, fiery red-headed warrior goddess with revolution on her mind. The widow warrior doesn't believe in government, state education, private property, processed food or--worst of all--indoor plumbing.
This modern day Robin Hood story grabbed me on the first page, had me laughing by the second and hanging on for a wild ride all the way through. Kavenna's writing is fresh, energetic and bitingly funny; it's easy to see why she was on Granta's list of 20 best young writers. Yet underneath the satire, the author raises some interesting questions about the ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Highly recommended for lovers of dark humour.