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The emotions, responsibilities - and the pain - of motherhood are unique to each of us with children. Ask any woman, and she will have her own story to tell.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Any Ask Children Each Emotions Her Motherhood Own Pain Responsibilities She Story Tell Unique Us Will Woman

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The unsaid is a powerful tool. It invites the reader into the narrative, filling in gaps, interpreting silences and half-finished sentences, and seeing the hidden fear in someone's eye.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Eye Fear Filling Gaps Hidden Interpreting Invites Narrative Powerful Reader Seeing Sentences Silences Someone Tool Unsaid

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The imagination is such as powerful tool: suggestion is all you need. People fill in gaps.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Fill Gaps Imagination Need People Powerful Suggestion Tool You

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For most of us, our protective lies or omissions are so insignificant that being found out would be only mildly embarrassing. But for some of us, our secret may threaten to destroy everything. And that is food and drink to a novelist.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Being Destroy Drink Embarrassing Everything Food Found Insignificant Lies May Most Novelist Only Our Out Protective Secret Some Threaten Us Would

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It is a sad truth that apprenticeships fell out of favour in Britain in the Seventies and Eighties, when the manufacturing industries shed jobs and the construction industry went into decline.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Britain Construction Decline Eighties Favour Fell Industries Industry Jobs Manufacturing Out Sad Sad Truth Seventies Shed Truth

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The success of 'The Widow' meant there were expectations for the second book from the first word, and it has created a completely different writing experience. Not to say I haven't enjoyed writing 'The Child,' but I confess there were times when I felt as if I was wrenching it out of my body with bloodied fingernails!

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Body Book Child Confess Created Different Enjoyed Expectations Experience Felt Fingernails First Meant Out Say Second Success Times Were Widow Word Writing

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As a reporter, I spent a great deal of time in court. During brief breaks in testimony, I would often look at the spouse, usually the wife, of the accused. I began to wonder how listening to the details of a crime purportedly committed by your spouse would affect that person's view of her husband.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Accused Affect Began Breaks Brief Committed Court Crime Deal Details Great Great Deal Her How Husband Listening Look Often Person Reporter Spent Spouse Testimony Time View Wife Wonder Would Your

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I know I love a novel with an unreliable narrator, and I think many readers do as well.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Know Love Many Narrator Novel Readers Think Unreliable Well I Think I Love

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When you think about it, psychological thrillers often involve extraordinary events happening to ordinary people.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: About Events Extraordinary Happening Involve Often Ordinary Ordinary People People Psychological Think Thrillers You

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It's a wonderful experience to be reading a story and think you've got things all figured out, and then suddenly, it all goes upside-down on you.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Experience Figured Goes Got Out Reading Story Suddenly Then Things Think Wonderful Wonderful Experience You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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