A Plucked Quince
Clare Bucknell: Maggie O’Farrell, 6 October 2022
“... content, not given to contemplating other possible ways of being.In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the first Lucrezia. Her protagonist, conceived while her mother’s mind is wandering rather than focusing on her marital duty, is a difficult child. She ‘roars and writhes’ and throws off her swaddling-clothes; she refuses to ... ”
