5 Quotes & Sayings By Helen Dunmore

Helen Dunmore was born in Kent, England, on 13th February 1945. She is one of the most widely-read and acclaimed authors in Britain. Her novels include The Last September (1962), The Bell (1963), I Didn't Mean to Love You (1964), The Midnight Bell (1965), Remember Me (1966) and The Island (1981). Her memoirs include I Lived with you on the Water (1992) and last month I Said to You ('That You Were Going to Die') (1994) Read more

Her award-winning short stories have been collected in three volumes: Like Like Like (1978), What Happened Afterwards? (1979) and All about Us (1982).

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For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister Helen Dunmore
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Childhood is a slum and they love it. Helen Dunmore
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Listen to what you have written. A dud rhythm in a passage of dialogue may show that you don't yet understand the characters well enough to write in their vo Helen Dunmore
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Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear. Helen Dunmore