Jan 11, 2021
Charlie and Marianne Holmes (A Little Bird Told Me; All Your Little Lies) discuss procedures when children go missing, societal changes in regards to domestic violence in the 1970s, and, on a lighter note, trying not to finish books you’re not enjoying.
Please note there is some noise in this episode - noise cancelling headphones are recommended (pun not intended) as they will make the vocals crisper.
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Wikipedia’s article on K M Peyton’s
Flambards
The act created in 1976 was the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial
Proceedings Act. According to the British Library "This act enabled
married women to obtain a court order against their violent
husbands without divorce or separation proceedings. A court could
order a man out of the matrimonial home, whether or not he owned it
or tenancy was in his name. Problems arose because this protection
did not apply to unmarried women."
Missing People
Question Index
00:35 You grew up in different countries; your
father was in the RAF. Can you tell us about that?
01:05 Has your career in marketing helped with
your books?
01:49 Your road to publication started with a
tweet?...
03:50 Do you plan your books?
10:22 Why the heatwave of 1976?
11:47 Was Robin's reading material, Flambards, a
book you read yourself?
12:26 Could you talk about the era in terms of the
social changes in regards to domestic violence?
13:54 The refusal of adults to tell things to
children - for A Little Bird Told Me, was that inspired by a
particular event?
20:03 What, to you, is the defining element of All
Your Little Lies?
21:31 Your son's reaction to a missing child
influenced the book?...
24:32 (For both books) how do you incorporate the
two narratives, the character as a child and as an adult?
25:39 What was your reason for writing in the
third person as opposed to the first?
26:51 How much time did you need to spend
developing the secondary characters for the readers' understanding
of Annie to work?
28:14 Is Annie going to be able to heal from all
of this?
29:20 In both books you look at the ways young
girls relate to each other - this is important to you?
30:38 You have a book on the go about a little
known figure...
32:21 Have you been successful in putting down
books you're not enjoying reading?
Purchase Links
A Little Bird Told Me:
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
Barnes & Noble
IndieBound
Indigo Chapters
All Your Little Lies:
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
Waterstones
Hive
IndieBound
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Photograph used with the permission of the publisher.