Susie Mesure

A study in vulnerability: The Coming Bad Days, by Sarah Bernstein, reviewed

An unnamed narrator leaves her partner for an academic career, but her new-found independence brings little comfort

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  • The Coming Bad Days

    Sarah Bernstein

    Daunt, pp. 242, £9

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