Holly Smale Quote
My name, I tell Wilbur in the most dignified voice I can find, Was inspired by Harriet Quimby, the first female American pilot and the first woman ever to cross the Channel in an aeroplane. My mother chose it to represent freedom and bravery and independence, and she gave it to me just before she died.There's a short pause while Wilbur looks appropriately moved. Then Dad says, Who told you that? Annabel did.Well, it's not true at all. You were named after Harriet the tortoise, the second longest living tortoise in the world.There's a silence while I stare at Dad and Annabel puts her head in her hands so abruptly that the pen starts to leak into her collar. , she moans quietly.A ? I repeat in dismay. I'm named after a ? What the hell is a tortoise supposed to represent?Longevity?
My name, I tell Wilbur in the most dignified voice I can find, Was inspired by Harriet Quimby, the first female American pilot and the first woman ever to cross the Channel in an aeroplane. My mother chose it to represent freedom and bravery and independence, and she gave it to me just before she died.There's a short pause while Wilbur looks appropriately moved. Then Dad says, Who told you that? Annabel did.Well, it's not true at all. You were named after Harriet the tortoise, the second longest living tortoise in the world.There's a silence while I stare at Dad and Annabel puts her head in her hands so abruptly that the pen starts to leak into her collar. , she moans quietly.A ? I repeat in dismay. I'm named after a ? What the hell is a tortoise supposed to represent?Longevity?
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About Holly Smale
Her first adult novel, The Cassandra Complex (UK)/ Cassandra in Reverse (US) was the June 2023 pick for Reese's Book Club and a pick for the BBC Radio 2 Book club.