Jennifer Ryan
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Jennifer Ryan:
What are your favorite books and/or who are your favorite authors?
Jennifer Ryan
Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice" has to be the best book ever written. Every time I read it, I get more from it, and I must have read it at least thirty times. It has a prime position beside my bed, as one never knows when one might be in need of a little Sir William Lucas or, my current favorite character, Caroline Bingley.
My second would be "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf. I love the way the lyrical sentences carry me into a different world, almost to a higher spiritual plane.
Another favorite is "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh. I just love that compounded passion, the subtlety of the events, and, mostly, the powerful language. Sebastian has to be one of the best characters ever drawn.
As for authors, Kate Atkinson has to be up there. Her "Life After Life" is a particularly excellent work. I love the way she plays with concept and form, and takes us into a double-meaning of everything we’re reading.
My second would be "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf. I love the way the lyrical sentences carry me into a different world, almost to a higher spiritual plane.
Another favorite is "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh. I just love that compounded passion, the subtlety of the events, and, mostly, the powerful language. Sebastian has to be one of the best characters ever drawn.
As for authors, Kate Atkinson has to be up there. Her "Life After Life" is a particularly excellent work. I love the way she plays with concept and form, and takes us into a double-meaning of everything we’re reading.
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Joan
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Jennifer Ryan:
Thank you so much for writing The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. It is one of the best books I have read all year. It has the flavor of The Help - wonderful characters, women standing together, and the strength they find from within and with each other. Please tell me that you are writing another book! I am so disappointed that Kathryn Stockett has yet to write another one. Do you think you might write a sequel?
Isabelle Altman
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Jennifer Ryan:
I loved The Chilbury Ladies' Choir -- I bought it while on a road trip tour of independent bookstores and read it aloud to my mom while we drove -- we were both laughing aloud! What are some of your favorite books, and did any particular stories -- fictional or historical (from WWII maybe?) encourage or inspire you in writing this one? (Kitty is my favorite character. I read you were keeping a tally.)
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