A small, bleak masterpiece . . . the writing is immaculate * Chris Power, Observer * Ingenious. A story of family in all its fractures and complexity... Its symphonic olfactory narration has a sharpness and depth of recollection which remains as vivid as their first experiencing * Telegraph * Candid and compelling * Guardian * It's the north of the 1980s that Stripe, a great noticer of telling details, perfectly captures * TLS * Wistful, sad and funny . . . top notes of humour, insouciance and bravery lift the story into art * Suzi Feay, Spectator * Working-class life pinned to the page -- Teddy Jamieson * The Herald * Poignant and grimly hilarious * Dazed * It's got both style and warmth and made me cry. I loved this rock and roll spirit coming out of small town Yorkshire -- Amy Liptrot Deeply evocative -- Wendy Erskine As the whiff of a past love's perfume takes part of me back to a party in 1979, [ her] memoir is further proof that through scent time travel is indeed possible for us mortals . . . scratch and sniff Proust -- George Shaw A fragrant and fabulous episodic memoir -- Editor's Choice * The Bookseller * Adelle Stripe locates a seam of universal longing amidst a northern soul's sundry particulars: epic drinking, Morrissey lyrics, embarrassing family, bedsit love, wayward journeys, and the recollected scents and songs of a lifetime's pain, passion and loss -- Rob Doyle This is a beautiful book -- Anna Wood An addictive - frequently devastating - memoir of escape, immolation and reinvention -- Fergal Kinney Deeply personal and strikingly universal * Buzz Magazine *
