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Jersey, Channel Islands

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Born in Jersey, Channel Islands, Jenny Lecoat's parents were raised under German Occupation, and both families were involved in resistance activity. Lecoat moved to England aged 18, where, following a drama degree, she spent a decade on the alternative comedy circuit as a feminist stand-up. She was nominated for a prestigious Perrier Award in 1986. Jenny also wrote for newspapers and women's magazines (Cosmopolitan, Observer) and presented TV and radio shows, before focusing on screenwriting from sitcom (Birds of a Feather, Sometime Never) to sketch shows (The Catherine Tate Show).

The Girl from the Channel Islands (initially published as The Viennese Girl) was her first novel and was a New York Times bestseller. ...more

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	The Girl from the Channel Islands 3.90 avg rating — 13,299 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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
	Beyond Summerland 3.68 avg rating — 1,022 ratings — published 2024 — 13 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
	Hedy's War: FREE SAMPLE - Based on an extraordinary true story 3.77 avg rating — 84 ratings — 3 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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“Hedy understood that she was no more than a cork bobbing on the surface of the harbor, waiting to see where the current would take her.”
― Jenny Lecoat, The Girl from the Channel Islands

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“Survival, it seemed, was an expensive business for the soul.”
― Jenny Lecoat, The Girl from the Channel Islands

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“How easy it was to access hate, Hedy pondered. How close to the surface that putrid emotion always floated, waiting for a target, biding its time to find a focus and bloom like a poisonous algae,”
― Jenny Lecoat, The Girl from the Channel Islands

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