"Barbara Comyns’ world is a brutal place, made up of isolated characters who escape poverty through the typically fairy-tale ending of marrying a wealthy man. In The Juniper Tree even the traditional happy ending of marriage falls apart but, at least, Bella finds the silver lining when she is sent to a psychiatric hospital: “Mother was becoming the kindest of women and seemed to like me much more now I was rather insane; perhaps I had been too independent before.”" - James Doyle reviews The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns
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