What I'm trying to do in all these novels is mirror a contemporary preoccupation. I'm not providing any solutions. I'm simply saying: ‘Can we please get the conversation going?' (Joanna Trollope)

What I'm trying to do in all these novels is mirror a contemporary preoccupation. I'm not providing any solutions. I'm simply saying: ‘Can we please get the conversation going?'

Joanna Trollope

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