LITTLE BANDAGED DAYS
By Kyra Wilder (Pan Macmillan, £12.99)
‘It was like that sometimes, being a mother, like feeling all the screws tighten down inside you,’ says Erika, the mum at the heart of this fever dream of a novel. Newly arrived in Geneva, Erika is trying to adjust to her new life. Her husband works long hours, is often away from home and Erika spends endless days caring for her little boy and girl.