Books by Alice Jolly
“In The Matchbox Girl, Alice Jolly offers us an entirely original heroine in Adelheid Brunner, a girl who does not speak but through whose distinctive voice we hear how care for ‘different’ children in the Vienna Children’s Hospital gradually turned into something else. The story is not straightforward. The dilemmas, confusions, twisting of language and pretences necessary to remain human and actually survive in the hell of those times grip the reader, and once you’ve met Adelheid you won’t want to leave her.” Read more...
The Best Historical Fiction of 2026
Katharine Grant, Historical Novelist
