Love All
Love All is the first novel by the journalist, writer and artist Molly Parkin.
Publication History
The book was originally submitted as a 750-word outline to publishers Blond & Briggs.[1] Although editorial staff disliked it, a secretary commented that she liked it, and it was picked up for publication. It was published in the UK in 1974 by Blond & Briggs, with reprints in 1997, 1979 (twice) and 1980 by Star.
Plot
The novel is written in first person perspective, and covers seven days in the life of the main, female, character, a divorced woman in her fifties. Interspersed with material from the present day are a series of flashbacks from the narrator's earlier life.
Critical Reception
Love All was reviewed by the Daily Telegraph which said that it was 'written with the lightest of touches and a mirthful exhilarated sense of its own libidousness...quite the funniest novel I have read in a long while.' Another review, in the Irish Times, in a reference to the sexual content of the book, called it 'disgusting'.[2]