Base Notes

Ingenious. A story of family in all its fractures and complexity… Its symphonic olfactory narration has a sharpness and depth of recollection which remains as vivid as their first experiencing★★★★★

* Telegraph *Candid and compelling * Guardian *Wistful, sad and funny … top notes of humour, insouciance and bravery lift the story into art * Suzi Feay, Spectator *Working-class life pinned to the page – Teddy Jamieson * The Herald *Poignant and grimly hilarious * Dazed *It’s got both style and warmth and made me cry. I loved this rock and roll spirit coming out of small town Yorkshire – Amy LiptrotDeeply evocative – Wendy ErskineAs the whiff of a past love’s perfume takes part of me back to a party in 1979, [her] memoir is further proof that through scent time travel is indeed possible for us mortals … scratch and sniff Proust – George ShawA fragrant and fabulous episodic memoir – Editor’s Choice * The Bookseller *Adelle Stripe locates a seam of universal longing amidst a northern soul’s sundry particulars: epic drinking, Morrissey lyrics, embarrassing family, bedsit love, wayward journeys, and the recollected scents and songs of a lifetime’s pain, passion and loss – Rob DoyleThis is a beautiful book – Anna WoodAn addictive - frequently devastating - memoir of escape, immolation and reinvention – Fergal KinneyDeeply personal and strikingly universal * Buzz Magazine *