- Published: 2 January 2022
- ISBN: 9781911215974
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $32.99
Pure Flame
On Mothers and Daughters
- Published: 2 January 2022
- ISBN: 9781911215974
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $32.99
Recasts the notion of maternal legacy and fills it with pointed mystery and informed sincerity. Pure Flame is a tutorial in bending creative non-fiction.
Kiese Laymon
The best book I've read this year...unsparing, stylishly written, and profoundly loving, the book is as original as it is powerful... a book that expands and breaks your heart, not with sentimentality but with its intelligence and compassion.
Adelle Waldman
A provocative, meditative, funny, feminist adventure about two women trying to tell each other the stories that matter while there's still time.
Alexander Chee
Sometimes achingly sad, but often warm and evocative... a brilliant work of feminist critique.
Lauren Puckett-Pope, US Elle
Rich and moving . . . Orange skirts the traps of the mother-daughter memoir by going beyond personal history. . . Pure Flame may be Orange's legacy.
Maggie Doherty, New York Times
Powerful . . .honest, fair, and compassionate.
Veronica Esposito, Literary Hub
[A] nuanced and original memoir
Terri Apter, Times Literary Supplement