Abigail

“"My favorite book is set in Hungary during World War II" is not something that I'd ever imagine would leave my mouth, but I loved this book start to finish. It's about family, loss, with a touch of Harry Potter minus the JK Rowling.”

“Incredible close third-person narrator. Weird and fun”

“I love a book about a boarding school.”

“By Magda Szabó Stubborn but curious protagonist trying to solve the mystery of a magical statue in a countryside all-girls boarding school during WWII? Sign me up!”

“Set in wartime Hungary at a bleak & stringent boarding school with themes of girlhood, isolation, loss and a magically mysterious statue- of course, sent Abigail by Magda Szabo to the top of my reading pile. Rarely can a book make me weep within fifteen minutes of reading.”

“A nostalgic trip to teenage years we never lived”

“Propulsive and immersive”