Wild Talent by Eileen Kernaghan

… a gently feminist coming-of-age tale with a strong sense of place and time… The greatest strength of Wild Talent is its vivid portrayal of the tumultuous times in which Jeannie lives. The drudgery of rural poverty, the decadence of absinthe-soaked artists, the glamour of the Paris world’s fair, and the spiritual debates among London’s occult circles are all handled with skill. When I finished Wild Talent I felt that I’d paid a visit to the late 19th century, that I’d been right there with Jeannie all along. Also well-handled were the questions of what is “real” and what is not. The book is teeming with the supernatural… Read the rest.