6 April 2022
A portmanteau bag is one of those classic vintage beauties that made so much sense to include in Woman On The Wall. Listen in for a quick hit from me on what exactly a portmanteau is and why I included it in the novel:
A portmanteau bag is one of those classic vintage beauties that made so much sense to include in Woman On The Wall. Listen in for a quick hit from me on what exactly a portmanteau is and why I included it in the novel:
The word of the day today is MUGUET, or Lily of the Valley in French. Woman On The Wall is set in France. So, there are plenty of French words I’ve included in the novel. This is the first in a series of words of the day associated with the book. Each has its own…
This week, I took to Tik-Tok to look back on Parisian life in 1945. The short video includes some of my favourite historical photos from that time. These and many more inspired me to start Woman On The Wall on the streets of Paris. Read on for the rest of the text from the video. Watch it in full:
Historical Paris is a city filled with ornate churches and people who lost their heads. When I travelled to the City of Light in 2019 to research Woman On The Wall, I didn’t really get it. But, I wanted to. I wasn’t interested in the Eiffel Tower (never even got close to it), Versailles (too far away), or even the Champs-Élysées. I needed to touch faith and death and headed for the only place I knew I could do both—the Île de la Cité.