Sketch Book Reviews: Mrs. M by K. Patrick
Written and illustrated by Kateri Kramer
[Text ID: "At a conference for booksellers last fall, I met part of the lovely team at Europa Editions. They told me about Mrs. S, a new book they were publishing. They described it steamy and sensual. I could tell how excited they were. The book is atmospheric and beautifully written. Set in an English boarding school, readers follow the new matron as she learns about herself, her students, and her body. We're brought along for some of the best writing about infatuation and obsessions I've come across. The setting is fantastic and transports you to the school's halls and the English countryside. But the real pull is the poetic, lilting writing that turns up the heat and makes the character's longing feel all the more real. Mrs. S asks readers to consider the ways characters inhabit bodies, how we inhabit our our bodies. We are given the opportunity to inspect sexuality and sensuality, love and longing, and what happens in the heat drenched days of summer."]
