- Published: 15 August 2015
- ISBN: 9781784870133
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $29.99
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
- Published: 15 August 2015
- ISBN: 9781784870133
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $29.99
An account from the inside of a mind cracking up...its writing is as taut as a bowstring. From brilliant title to closing injunction, it hums with intelligence, clarity, wit; and, its heroine's struggle for order and meaning seduces our minds, exposes how close we all of us are to insanity. Joy, as Galloway's heroine reluctantly lets us know that she's called, is simply that dangerous step or two nearer the edge
Listener
A real achievement; its dialogue sparks and its voice is true. For Janice Galloway the trick is simply to keep writing
Scotsman
This remarkably original work has gained Janice Galloway an almost immediate reputation as one of Scotland's most interesting serious prose writers
Glasgow Herald
Poignant and original...a wonderfully sensitive portrait of a woman who doesn't give up trying to find the "trick" to making life go on
Ms ?
Claustrophobic but extraordinary
Sunday Times
A very funny and sad novel
Penelope Fitzgerald, Sunday Times
Distressing but immaculately written
Observer
What’s remarkable about this novel is that despite its dark themes, it manages to be uplifting… Joy Stone…is witty, warm and unfailingly honest about her hopes and fears.
Janet Ellis, Week
This is like a Scottish Catcher in the Rye. You actually feel you’re inside this woman’s head, it is that visceral. And having experienced a downward spiral myself, I so admire her accuracy in every detail
Alan Cumming, New York Times