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Justine Picardie
Justine Picardie is the author of four books, including her critically acclaimed memoir If the Spirit Moves You and her most recent novel, Daphne. The former features director of British Vogue and editor of the Observer magazine, she is currently a fashion columnist for the Sunday Telegraph, and... show more

Justine Picardie is the author of four books, including her critically acclaimed memoir If the Spirit Moves You and her most recent novel, Daphne. The former features director of British Vogue and editor of the Observer magazine, she is currently a fashion columnist for the Sunday Telegraph, and also writes for several other newspapers and magazines, including Harper's Bazaar and the Times of London. She lives in London with her two sons.
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An Leughadair
An Leughadair rated it 9 years ago
Why did I read it? I've always had a fascination with this self-made woman, and I remember reading a review of the paperback version of this book on a blog a few years back, and thinking I must read it. When I saw it was available in audio form, I took the opportunity to select it for my commute. ...
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it 14 years ago
Great fictional story re: the life/marriage of Daphne du Maurier. The book was able to have a bit of gothicness which has made her infamous.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 16 years ago
Off to Laura in Brazil next.This is trying to be for du Maurier what Cunningham was for Woolf and it just don't dust the same mantlepiece. Interesting snippets in there though, for those of us who are of this bent.Re-reading some sections that have been mulling around the noddle
Return to Oz
Return to Oz rated it 16 years ago
I'm currently reading this. I hadn't realised Daphne Du Maurier is an actual author when I started it. So I'm currently reading it like a fiction novel. I have the book with the girl with the umbrella on it. So we'll see how it goes.
auntieannie
auntieannie rated it 17 years ago
Justine's story begins on Good Friday, 2000. Her sister Ruth has been dead for three years. "When I think about her now, which is most of the time, it's like rewinding a silent film in my head: I see the crucial scenes in our lives together (holding her hand when her twins were born in an emergency ...
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