RaveLibrary JournalCareful plotting deftly depicts her growth from a teen who thinks she\'s got it all figured out to a more humble and self-aware person. Newlevant\'s soft watercolors are tender and nostalgic. Their characters are expressive and convey the complex emotions of this thorny story ... the author nonetheless exposes the tangled interplay of the personal and political ... Strong language and some sexual references make this title appropriate for older audiences ... This authentic and relevant account delves into the messy work of recognizing one\'s own white privilege.
Dana Thomas
PositiveThe Times (UK)... a surprisingly pacey read ... Thomas takes a story most of us think we know, but tells it better and in compelling, readable detail ... Thomas’s focus on the big picture doesn’t get in the way of her love of a quirky detail ... Thomas’s long view is thought-provoking ... As David Attenborough once said: \'Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth in a finite environment is either a madman or an economist.\' The same goes for an infinite wardrobe. Fashionopolis certainly convinces on why this is the case, but it also engagingly elucidates how we may change things.
Lance Richardson
PositiveThe TimesHouse of Nutter is a tale that is quintessentially of its era, told by a biographer who combines pace and exhaustiveness. Tommy, along with his brother David, a photographer who snapped his way through the same worlds of fashion and celebrity, were a pair of blue-collar-boys-made-good in the class crucible of Sixties London. The alchemy of taste, of cool, of sheer force of personality could transform a life in ways that earlier generations could not have imagined. Unimaginable too, that a gay man could—eventually—live and love openly. For this is also the story of two brothers finding their way out of the closet.
