Few writers give me such consistent pleasure
- Zadie Smith,
She has such great psychological insights into human beings, which is rare. She is one of the best fiction writers writing today
- Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie,
As discrete entities, Hadley’s short stories are intense, miniature novels in themselves; bound together in a novel, they become quietly brilliant, offering an incisive exploration into how life’s individuals episodes add up to a meaningful whole.
- Francesca Angelini, Sunday Times
Hadley is a writer of exceptional intelligence and skill and, for all the apparent conventionality of her vision, hers is a subtly subversive talent.
- Edmund Gordon, Observer
There is something reassuring yet deliciously unexpected about a Tessa Hadley novel.
- Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph