Folk

★★★★★ ‘Leyshon’s poetic way with words, the subtle modulations of Roxana Silbert’s scenically humble production and the superb, lived-in detail of the four actors hold us in thrall. This wonderful play deserves to endure.’ The Telegraph

★★★★ ‘A lyrical, complex celebration of Cecil Sharp’ The Times

★★★★ ‘Every actor shines in this beautifully brooding tale of song and sisterhood, paced to perfection by Roxana Silbert.’ The Guardian

 

Comfort Me With Apples

‘atmospheric power and imagination…nothing has so excited or enthralled me in years’
– Evening Standard

‘breathtaking in its simplicity and depth of feeling’
– Daily Telegraph

The Colour Of Milk

‘Haunting, distinctive voices… Mary’s spare simple words paint brilliant pictures in the reader’s mind… Nell Leyshon’s imaginative powers are considerable’
– Independent

‘The narrative is so direct, so guileless, that the reader feels completely drawn in, as homesick as Mary herself for the known world of her farmhouse. The story is shocking and haunting, turning suddenly and violendy dark. Read it, in one sitting’
– Spectator

‘Brontë-esque undertones… a disturbing statement on the social constraints faced by 19th-century women’
– Financial Times

‘A small tour de force – a wonderfully convincing voice, and a devastating story told with great skill and economy’
– Penelope Lively

‘I loved it. The Colour of Milk is charming, Brontë-esque, compelling, special and hard to forget. I loved Mary’s voice – so inspiring and likeable. Such a hopeful book’
– Marian Keyes

‘Leyshon is a master of domestic suspense . . . Slender but compelling, the charm is to be found as much in its spare, evocative style as in the moving candour of its narrator’
– Observer

‘Leyshon’s novel has a powerful impact. .. one is wholly submerged in the horrific events . . . skilfully captures the young girl’s steadily growing confidence in her writing’
– Independent

International Praise For

The Colour Of Milk

“Nell Leyshon calls on the spirit of the Brontës in The Colour of Milk”
– Vanity Fair

“Taut, moving… Mary could have stepped out of the pages of a Thomas Hardy novel”
– SeattleTimes

“Resonant, heartbreaking… The Colour of Milk is a truly wonderful read – a slender, beautiful novel with as much heart as a book twice its size”
– San Francisco Chronicle

“The unflinching, observant and thoroughly persuasive voice of the narrator, a shrewd, illiterate farm girl, makes this slim novel striking”
– Atlantic

“A very powerful monologue that astonishes with its perfect correspondence between narrative invention and story”
– La Repubblica

“An unforgettable, heart wrenching story that bit by bit is unfolded to the reader”
– Flow (Netherlands)

“Raw and tender at the same time”
– Wegner (Netherlands)