Many chapters are headed by poem quotations. These epigraphs are another way of shining light on what is happening at this stage of the novel.
More Quotes from Helen Dunmore:
If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us.Helen Dunmore
I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me.
Helen Dunmore
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned.
Helen Dunmore
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.
Helen Dunmore
Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book.
Helen Dunmore
Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.
Helen Dunmore
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