Esther Freud
Author of Hideous Kinky
About the Author
Image credit: Esther Freud (1963- )
(AP Watt)
Works by Esther Freud
Rice Cakes and Starbucks 1 copy
Desire 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Freud, Esther
- Birthdate
- 1963-05-02
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Education
- The Drama Centre
- Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Freud, Lucian (father)
Freud, Sigmund (great-grandfather)
Freud, Clement (uncle)
Morrissey, David (husband)
Freud, Emma (cousin)
Freud, Anna (great aunt) - Awards and honors
- Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1993)
- Agent
- Georgia Garrett (AP Watt)
Clare Conville
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Group Read, May 2021: Hideous Kinky in 1001 Books to read before you die (May 2021)
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Statistics
- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 11
- Members
- 2,355
- Popularity
- #10,893
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 108
- ISBNs
- 147
- Languages
- 9
- Favorited
- 9
I don't know if her publishers put the squeeze on her or something, but this is such a mass market read with a cliched storyline centred around a woman forced into an Irish convent for unmarried mothers and the impact on her mother's and daughter's lives. There were none of the hallmarks of Freud's usual turn of phrase, and the storyline was horribly confused - halfway through and I still wasn't sure who was who, and from the reviews on Amazon I wasn't the only one.
2.5 stars - hugely disappointing. I hope this is not the kind of writing we're going to see from Freud going forward.… (more)