Spilt Milk

Hogkinson's second novel is simply but elegantly written, its subtle charms emerging as her gentle, bittersweet story shows history repeating itself over the generations

Sunday Times

This is a story that explores motherhood and sisterhood with great subtlety and power . . . with its strong storytelling, haunting characters and beautiful, supple prose, Hodgkinson's fiction deserves a wider audience

Independent on Sunday

Spilt Milk is a refracted version of real life, that impossible mess we inherit and muddle through, yet transmuted here into something shining and meaningful, told in beautiful prose

Financial Times

Explores love, betrayal and loyalty. Lyrically written and wonderfully convincing, this is a rich and memorable read

Sunday Mirror

A realisation of a rural life . . . a quietly engrossing saga

Daily Mail

A potent, moving story of mother and sisterhood

Sainsbury's Magazine

A tale of sisterhood, lies and illegitimate babies

Good Housekeeping

A moving and lyrical story . . . wise, perceptive, warm and heartbreaking, this is a story that lingers long in the mind

Lancashire Evening Post