A review by ebkara
A Start in Life by Anita Brookner

1.0

This book is unrelentingly depressing, the revolting spoilt mother, the feckless father and the overwhelmed daughter Ruth. This novel feels very faded and instead of a story about a start in life is really a story of a life stalled and squandered by a commitment to revoltingly selfish parents. I just wanted Ruth to leave them behind and grab some sort of life for herself.