A word to the wise

If you're feeling a little sad about relationships that didn't work out, then don't read Henry James' The Beast in the Jungle, which is all about a man who only realises too late that he's chucked away something - someone - beautiful. And don't read Intimacy which is a novella by Hanif Kureishi, and it's about a man leaving his wife for a younger lover. Both of these are very short - the James is a short story, and Kureishi is only 115 pages - which means that they can both be read whilst you're still in pieces and you're surrounded by tissues and mascara pillows. That has pretty much been my week. I apologise for the lack of blog posts generally, and also that, having found myself now able to write something, that it is so upsetting. Soz.