How to Be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis: “All single women should have a ‘mental fur coat’; after reading Lolly Willowes, I compiled my own list of small pleasures, like reading a book in a hot bath scented with orange flower water, walks on Hampstead Heath and pistachio baklava.”
Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin: “Her first novel, Lolly Willowes, reprinted from time to time, is a dazzling display of the extraordinary wit and tough-mindedness of her fantasy...”