![]() ![]() Susan’s calm, somewhat sterile life is suddenly shaken to its core. She is also sharp tongued, stern and prickly, as the the name of the novel, not so subtly, suggests. The laws of efficiency and logic rule supreme. In Susan’s world she has complete control and has no time for the human frailties of those around her, she certainly doesn’t suffer fools gladly. ![]() She has a man friend that she finds convenient for rare social occasions, cultural events and. Susan is in her mid forties, lives alone and is perfectly content living her well ordered life in her well ordered flat, dependent on no one. This seems quite fitting as Susan Green, the central figure of this novel, lives a largely socially distanced life. The audio version of The Cactus by Sarah Haywood has accompanied me on a number of my (socially distanced) lockdown walks. ![]()
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