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Apr 16, 2022 · Mark Lamprell eloquently depicts the intense bewildering ecstasy between two women battling different forms of oppression in the 1960s.
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- To begin with, why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in an orphanage in Sydney and won the lottery of life by being adopted into a loving family.
- What did you want to be when you were twelve, eighteen and thirty? And why? At twelve I wanted to be a doctor because my father had died of an asthma attack and I hoped to find a cure for asthma.
- What strongly held belief did you have at eighteen that you don’t have now? That over time people were becoming kinder to each other and the world would naturally evolve towards a perfect version of itself.
- What are three works of art – this could be a book, painting, piece of music, film, etc – that influenced your development as a writer? My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell.
Jun 4, 2024 · Things I Need You to Know by Mark Lamprell is a poignant novel with a brilliant psychological thriller element. Birdie McBride and her five daughters are mourning the loss of husband and father Ned. His recent illness progressed quickly and they are reeling in the aftermath of his death.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Every character in Mark Lamprell’s latest novel is sharply realised, from Birdie’s eight-year-old twins Marina and Madeline to her poisonous celebrity mother Dawn and colleague-turned-confidante Bryce.
Mar 23, 2016 · Mark Lamprell's One Summer Day in Rome is an enchanting novel about three couples drawn irresistibly to Rome, narrated by the city itself. Alice, an art student in New York City, has come to Rome in search of adventure and inspiration before settling down with her steady, safe fiancé.
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Mark Lamprell is a writer of novels and children’s books published in sixteen countries and twelve languages. He also works internationally as a writer and director in film, with movie credits including Babe Pig in the City, My Mother Frank, Goddess, A Few Less Men and Never Too Late.
Equal parts hilarious and painful, this compelling novel delves into the difficulties of family, love, and the precarious business of being a man. Mark Lamprell’s extraordinary debut examines the terrible truth: sometimes you can’t pull yourself together until you’ve completely fallen apart.
