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Welcome to my website.
This is where you can read about me and my books.
In August 2011, Atlantic Books published my latest book, a family memoir: Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue: The Story of an Accidental Family.
Radio 4's 'Book of the Week' 1-5 August 2011
Listen to Lynn Knight on WOMAN'S HOUR
'Lynn Knight's story of her 'accidental family' proves how families can be transformed by adoption ... It's a book you want to hug at each turn of fortune ... Knight tells her tale scintillatingly' - VALERIE GROVE, 'BOOK OF THE WEEK', THE TIMES
A warm, human and well-written book ... a slice of social history that casts light on personal experiences. Lynn Knight shows with great eloquence how social disadvantages don't negate emotional warmth and individual hope' - HILARY MANTEL
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Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue: 'A book to recommend with all one's heart' - The Times
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Lynn Knight's [forebears are] endlessly fascinating and are brought to life in this beautifully written and affecting memoir' - Your Family History
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'It is said that you can't choose your relatives, but some of my family did. Three generations were adopted, and adopted in three distinct ways. I know of no other family like this one.
Perhaps it was their precarious beginnings and sense of how slippery facts can be that made them enthusiastic storytellers. I grew up hearing their stories and have been longing to pass them on, but I've also wanted to uncover some of the mysteries and silences behind them ...'
To read more about Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue: The Story of an Accidental Family click here
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