Barbara Hannay > Quotes

“A moody teenager, a divorcee with dreams to take off in a van, and an ageing actress. Such an unlikely combination. An odd bunch. Like pieces taken out of different jigsaw puzzles. They didn’t really belong together. And yet somehow they managed to fit.”
― Barbara Hannay, The Happiest Little Town

“A glance out the window showed the police car’s headlights glowing lemon through the violet-hued dusk”
― Barbara Hannay, A Nanny Called Alice

“It was a perfect summer’s evening. Shade from the trees along the fence line stretched over the grass and a gentle breeze wafted. Crickets hummed in the shrubbery and, above the whole scene, a spectacular sunset spread its pretty bloom over the sky.”
― Barbara Hannay, The Summer of Secrets