5 Quotes & Sayings By Jenny Nimmo

Jenny Nimmo is a British author and journalist. She has spent much of her life travelling the world, living in London, New York, Hong Kong and Paris. She has worked in fashion journalism at Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Jenny is the author of five novels including the prize-winning Bad Blood, which was adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor Read more

Her latest novel is The Big Lie, which is set during the Second World War in Nazi Germany. It will be published in September 2018 by Picador.

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He found himself in a room not unlike the shop. All books again, packed tight on shelves or laying in piles on every surface. It was a cozy room, for all that ; it smelled of warm, rich words and very deep thoughts. Jenny Nimmo
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Dad will come back, ' said Charlie quietly. When Mrs Bone turned to him, she didn't look sad at all, in fact she was smiling. 'You know, Charlie, I'm beginning to believe you, ' she said. 'After what happened to Henry, I can believe almost anything. Jenny Nimmo
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Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it. Jenny Nimmo
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There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind. Jenny Nimmo