A hospital is a good place to set various dilemmas. Aminatta Forna dilemmagoodhospital Change image and share on social
I'm a doctor's daughter. I'm not squeamish at all. Aminatta Forna daughterdoctorsqueamish Change image and share on social
I'm at my desk for about 9:30 A.M., and I stay there all day. Then there's a lot of checking Facebook and eBay and that sort of thing. Aminatta Forna checkdaydesk Change image and share on social
I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told other kinds of truths than literal truths. Aminatta Forna bigcreateheart Change image and share on social
My childhood ended in this horrible way. I lived in a country where I didn't trust anybody. Aminatta Forna childhoodcountryend Change image and share on social
I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved it. Aminatta Forna amputationlovememory Change image and share on social
What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that. Aminatta Forna countryextraordinaryhappen Change image and share on social
Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained. Aminatta Forna countguessingrain Change image and share on social
No one ever sits you down at age eight and says, 'Aminatta, this is what's happened so far.' You have to work it out for yourself, and by the time you do, it's ancient history to many of the players. We're trying to make sense of the past, so we start to excavate our memories. Aminatta Forna ageaminattaancient share on social
