Clare Pooley
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| Fredrik Backman is extraordinary, and he gets better and better. He writes characters who are so flawed and complex and believable, his similes make you look at the world in a different way, and his understanding of what it is to be human is unparall ...more | |
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| I’m a TJR super fan. I have few auto buy authors, but she is one. Every time I start reading a new TJR, I think ‘oh bugger. I’m not going to like this one as much as the others.’ But then her characters weave their way into my psyche, so by the end I ...more | |
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| Best thriller I’ve read in a while! It was billed as ‘Rebecca meets Big Little Lies, which I thought was a lot to live up to, but it’s actually bang on! Set around a sweet sixteen party in a property-porn house in Texas, and told from the perspective ...more | |
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| I’m SO late to the party with this one! What a glorious sweeping epic of a novel. I listened to it on audio over several long drives to Scotland. It was narrated by the author, which made it even more special, despite his truly terrible attempts at a ...more | |
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| Oh wow. One of those books that is not only based on a universal truth - the power of female friendship, but on a very specific time and place - Tehran, before and after the rights of women were so cruelly and drastically curtailed. The sort of book ...more | |
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| Sometimes, maybe once every couple of years, a debut novel deserves ALL THE HYPE, and this is one of those. I’ve always been fascinated by the power of names. As a novelist, I find that my characters grow to fit their names, and I believe the same ca ...more | |
“The truth often isn't pretty. It's not aspirational. It doesn't fit neatly into a little square on Instagram.”
― The Authenticity Project
― The Authenticity Project
“They want us to be small, so we have to stand tall. They want us to be invisible, so we have to be seen. They want us to be quiet, so we have to be heard. They want us to surrender, so we have to fight.”
― The People on Platform 5
― The People on Platform 5
“No woman is anyone’s “other half”. We are all entire people. Completely whole, and totally unique. But sometimes when you put two very different whole people together, a kind of magic, an alchemy, occurs.”
― The People on Platform 5
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“The truth often isn't pretty. It's not aspirational. It doesn't fit neatly into a little square on Instagram.”
― The Authenticity Project
― The Authenticity Project
“Only a really great friend realises that there are few situations that can’t be improved by great stationery.”
― The Sober Diaries: The brave and brilliantly funny memoir that is changing lives
― The Sober Diaries: The brave and brilliantly funny memoir that is changing lives
“Then he’d discovered that routines were crucial. They created buoys he could cling to to keep himself afloat.”
― The Authenticity Project
― The Authenticity Project
“When we first come here in 1973, two men came to restaurant and say, ‘Go back to China and take your filthy, foreign food with you.’ I say, ‘You are angry. Anger comes from stomach. Sit. I bring you soup. For free. It will make you feel better.’ They ate my wonton soup. Recipe from my grandmother. They have been customers of restaurant for forty years. Meet force with softness. Recipe for life. Now you understand.” And, strangely, he did.”
― The Authenticity Project
― The Authenticity Project
“Hazard noted Monica’s use of a colon. It looked a little incongruous. He didn’t think people did grammar anymore. They barely did writing. Just texts, and emojis.”
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