Daughters of Jerusalem

This deliciously waspish — actually, hilarious — story of a destructive Oxford academic family has stayed with me longer than many did. Pure, very wicked joy -- Andrew Holgate * The Sunday Times *
A superb, hilarious farce of dysfunctional academic family life . . . Funny, exciting, lyrical, poignant, redemptive * The Guardian *
Brilliant and witty . . . Mendelson’s second bewitchingly erotic and darkly dramatic novel confirms her as a stylish, perceptive chronicler of the heart’s hidden desires * Daily Mail *
Brilliant . . . exhilarating . . . Exciting and memorably written, this is one of those rare reads that has you galloping to the end, but feeling bereft at having to say goodbye so soon * Independent *
An engaging combination of campus satire and domestic drama . . . In Daughters of Jerusalem Mendelson has created a blue-stocking thriller * The Daily Telegraph *
Miss Marple meets Rosamond Lehmann . . . luscious prose and droll comedy . . . suffused with longing, studded with recherché words and clotted with gastronomic metaphors that make you feel that you should be reading on a chaise longe, stuffing yourself with violet creams * The Observer *
Savagely funny and hilariously cruel, it . . . convinces through the sheer power of the writing * The Sunday Times *
A delicious tale of intrigue and betrayal * The Big Issue *
Bold . . . engaging . . . an undoubted talent for comic observation * The Times *
A witty and absorbing work of fiction . . . wonderful . . . surprising and satisfying * The Times Literary Supplement *
Written with great sharpness and has thrilling detail -- Julia Darling