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Samantha Ellis

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Samantha Ellis is a playwright and journalist. The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees she grew up in London. Her non-fiction books are How to be a Heroine (2014) ; Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life (2017) and Chopping Onions on my Heart; on losing and preserving culture (2025) which will be published in the US under the title Always Carry Salt. Her plays include Cling to me Like Ivy, Operation Magic Carpet and How to Date a Feminist. She has written prefaces for Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey (Vintage Classics) and Amber Reeves's A Lady and her Husband (Persephone Books). ...more

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Hi Samantha, I bought your book "how to be a heroine" on a whim and am LOVING it. Reading it very slowly to savour but have used the GR currently reading section to quote so many gems! Will post a review when I am done. Thank you! Have you any other books in progress?
Samantha Ellis Oh thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it, & look forward to your review. I'm writing a new book about Anne Brontë.…moreOh thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it, & look forward to your review. I'm writing a new book about Anne Brontë.(less)
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Hello Ms. Ellis. I wanted to thank you for writing such a wonderful book. I bought it for my daughter who just graduated with a degree in English but I ended up reading it and loving it. I wrote a review if you care to read it. For a question, do you think Jane Eyre and Lizzy Bennet could be friends? Do you think they have enough in common and look at life in similar ways?
Samantha Ellis I do! I think they both have a sense of humour and a caustic take on the world, & they both hate snobbery. I think they'd get on very well.…moreI do! I think they both have a sense of humour and a caustic take on the world, & they both hate snobbery. I think they'd get on very well.(less)
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Samantha Ellis made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 20) topic
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Samantha Ellis answered Jean's question:
How To Be a Heroine is one of my favourite memoirs, and also loved 'Take Courage'. In 'HTBAH' you mentioned you were writing a play about Gertrude Bell-what is it called, and is it published? I am interested in her and would love to use the play in my school drama club if this is allowed?
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I am so sorry I never saw this question till now. I’m afraid i am not really able to license that play. But thank you so much for thinking of me and my work and I wish you all the best with your drama club!
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“I don't know if I'll get a happy ending. But why worry about a happy ending? Why worry about any ending at all? I don't know where I'm going next, and for the first time in forever, I don't want to. I want my life to be picaresque. Fantastical. I want to say yes and.”
― Samantha Ellis, How to Be a Heroine
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“But you can't rescue people; you can only help them rescue themselves.”
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“It's probably unwise to romanticize everything- and I'll probably always do it.”
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