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Alice Thomas Ellis

Born

in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

September 09, 1932

Died

March 08, 2005

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Alice Thomas Ellis was short-listed for the Booker prize for The 27th Kingdom. She is the author of A Welsh Childhood (autobiography), Fairy Tale and several other novels including The Summerhouse Trilogy, made into a movie starring Jeanne Moreau and Joan Plowright.

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Average rating: 3.62 · 3,197 ratings · 538 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Summer House: A Trilogy 3.67 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inn at the Edge of the World 3.47 avg rating — 564 ratings — published 1990 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unexplained Laughter 3.65 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1985 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fairy Tale 3.58 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 27th Kingdom 3.73 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1982 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birds of the Air 3.46 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1980 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sin Eater 3.43 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1977 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clothes in the Wardrobe 3.58 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Side of the Fire 3.79 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Life One 4.23 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alice Thomas Ellis (?)

“There is no reciprocity. Men love women. Women love children. Children love hamsters. Hamsters don't love anyone; it is quite hopeless.”
― Alice Thomas Ellis

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“Adolescence is usually typified by an unanswerable combination of innocence and insolence.”
― Alice Thomas Ellis, The Summerhouse Trilogy

tags: adolescence-wit-wisdom

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“. . to cook well and with imagination you have to be in a cheerful and contented frame of mind, and thus inclined to be generous.”
― Alice Thomas Ellis, The Inn at the Edge of the World

tags: christmas, cooking

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