When you are young you don't always realise how full of doubts everybody is. Helen Dunmore doubtfullrealise Change image and share on social
To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation. Helen Dunmore expungehistoryindividual Change image and share on social
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately. Helen Dunmore concentratefeelindividual Change image and share on social
I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there. Helen Dunmore bookfindhope Change image and share on social
It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed. Helen Dunmore centurydenyexist Change image and share on social
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 concerncontemporarydifficulty Change image and share on social
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 backbigblack share on social
