The Souvenir Museum
- Published: 3 June 2021
- ISBN: 9781473594739
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
[A] sly, emotionally complex collection . . . Each story opens to reveal a whole life spent within the web of a family, chosen or not. Full of gems, this collection is a winner.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
McCracken has a real talent for exploring what makes an individual unusual when they are entwined with another person, and her stories are sparkling gems of human eccentricity.
Independent
[McCracken] has a gift for spotting the comic potential in situations many of us have endured... Her prose is stippled with just-so observations.
The Observer
McCracken is a totally assured performer: even seemingly throwaway perceptions are often memorably poetic, and there is a hint of melancholy under the comedy.
Phil Baker, Sunday Times
It's pitch perfect; funny, melancholy and alight with the kind of sharp observations that reveal the fault lines in relationships and family dynamics... McCracken cracks open the hearts of her captivating characters.
Daily Mail
McCracken...has a gift for startlingly original turns of phrase and piercing observational writing. Her 12 stories are varied and imaginative, sparkling tales of human eccentricity.
Martin Chilton, Independent, *Books of the Year*