Base Notes: Scenes from a Northern Girlhood by Adelle Stripe #literature Each small action is child-friendly

Each small action is child-friendly and accessible

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Base Notes: Scenes from a Northern Girlhood by Adelle Stripe #literature Each small action is child-friendlyA bedroom dreamer with a headful of Warhol, Adelle Stripe's formative years were ones of daytime drinking and religious fervour, frustrated mothers and reckless daughters, predacious strangers and punk rock energy. Snapshots of wild abandon and dead end jobs pepper this evocative tale of metamorphosis alongside a wry clear eyed account of maternal conflict, compassion and, ultimately, acceptance. Told through a prism of vintage perfumes, Base Notes is