<p><font>''Quietly transformational''<br><b><i>The Times</i></b><br><br>''A tour de force... I can''t recommend this too highly''<br><b>Patrick Gale</b><br><br>''Innovative... an original, at-a-sitting read''<br><b><i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>''A potent meditation on the intensity of women''s lives''<br><b>Charlotte Wood, author of <i>The Weekend</i></b><br><br>''A miracle... Engaging and evocative''<br><b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br><br><i>''</i>I loved and admired <i>The Performance... </i>Unmissable''<br><b>Emma Stonex, author of </b><i><b>The Lamplighters</b></i><br><br>''Lively and intimate... The way Thomas plays with the reader is a sort of genius''<br><i><b>Guardian</b></i><br><br>''Thomas writes these women with such wisdom and compassion, that by the end we are all transformed''<br><b>Claire Fuller, author of <i>Unsettled Ground</i></b></font><br><br><i>The false cold of the theatre makes it hard to imagine the heavy wind outside in the real world, the ash air pr