Books by Maddie Mortimer
“n Maddie Mortimer’s intimidatingly mature and inventive debut novel, a British artist faces down terminal cancer as her daughter comes of age. It’s a moving, strange, and unexpectedly playful book, inspired by the death of Mortimer’s own mother when she was only fourteen, and is in part narrated by the anthropomorphised voice of cancer itself.” Read more...
Editor’s Choice: Our 2022 Novels of the Year
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Interviews where books by Maddie Mortimer were recommended
Editor’s Choice: Our 2022 Novels of the Year, recommended by Cal Flyn
Author and Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn highlights her favourite novels of 2022—from Jennifer Egan’s highly anticipated follow-up to the multi-award-winning A Visit From the Goon Squad, to a debut novel by a twenty-something writer who gave voice to cancer, literally.
