“I laughed and gasped with McGuinness as she explores, with characteristic wit and sympathy, the extraordinary world of skin, and in the end, I felt better about my own.”

Skin Deep

Jan 16

Written by Letitia Prince

Anna Funder

“From the cosmetic to the constructs of race, Phillipa leaves no pore unexamined in the multifaceted ways our skin defines us.”

“McGuinness has gone deep under the skin in all its shades, conditions, marvels and misreadings to produce a sparkling and deeply sympathetic look below the surface into our deepest selves.”