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Jolie Booth

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Jolie Booth was born in Colchester,
England in 1978. She writes books for both adults and children, often blending counterculture reality with outright fantasy. Her first novel, The Girl Who'll Rule the World, sold out it's first edition within a month. Alice Holland of Clitarati described her writing as 'Rich' and 'Idiosyncratic'. Using stream of consciousness, unreliable narrators and broken narratives, Jolie plays with time, form and structure in a playfully post-modernist way, making her prose challenging for the average reader unfamiliar with this style. Her work often raises and dissects issues, politics and ideas from a truly original perspective.

Her novels for adults are The Girl Who'll Rule the World (2016), part one of the Saturn
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Jolie Booth When I came to and I was standing on the stage before an audience in a huge auditorium. Everyone was looking at me, expecting me to speak.
Jolie Booth If I could, I'd travel to 1940's Berlin just before the war and I'd perform in a cabaret alongside Sally Bowles, but that's not fictional... I'd like …moreIf I could, I'd travel to 1940's Berlin just before the war and I'd perform in a cabaret alongside Sally Bowles, but that's not fictional... I'd like to hang out with the BFG making lots of dream bubbles.(less)
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Book Launch - Never Worn

Seven years on and Esmeralda has returned - perhaps a little wiser - but certainly not ruling the world... Yet. This sade-sati, or seven year cycle, has been her toughest to date, facing the reality of an adulthood that didn't turn out to be all it had been cracked up to be; call-centres, depression and infertility had certainly not been part of the 'Grand Plan'. But perhaps planning had been the Read more of this blog post »
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“My body is not a temple. It’s a skip,”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

“Bridget Jones can kiss my spotty arse.”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

“Enjoy the adventure, because that’s what it’s all about - the process, not the result. The ultimate result is death. The ultimate process is life. Fact.”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

“My body is not a temple. It’s a skip,”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

“She woke up thin. She loved it when that happened.”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

“Enjoy the adventure, because that’s what it’s all about - the process, not the result. The ultimate result is death. The ultimate process is life. Fact.”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

“She hated hairy bum holes. She couldn’t stand the thought of someone doing her from behind and being distracted by what looked like a spider trying to escape from her arsehole.”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

“Bridget Jones can kiss my spotty arse.”
Jolie Booth, The Girl Who'll Rule the World

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