Susan Fletcher
Susan Fletcher
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Susan Elizabeth Fletcher is a British novelist, best known for her critically acclaimed historical fiction novels that often explore the complexities of human relationships and the power of storytelling.
Birth and Death Dates
Born on September 29, 1955, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Susan Fletcher's life has been marked by a passion for writing and a commitment to crafting compelling stories that captivate readers.
Nationality and Profession(s)
A British citizen, Susan Fletcher is a novelist and writer who has made a significant contribution to the world of literature. Her work spans multiple genres, including historical fiction, literary fiction, and non-fiction.
Early Life and Background
Growing up in Bradford, England, Fletcher developed an early interest in writing, encouraged by her parents who fostered her love for storytelling. She attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School, where she honed her writing skills and began to develop the themes and ideas that would later become the foundation of her novels.
Major Accomplishments
Susan Fletcher's literary career spans over three decades, during which she has published several critically acclaimed novels. Some of her notable works include:
"Time from a Station Clock" (1989), a novel that explores the lives of two women connected by a shared experience.
"Pay-Heed to Starboard" (1995), a historical fiction novel set during World War II, which delves into themes of love, loss, and survival.
Notable Works or Actions
In addition to her novels, Fletcher has also written several non-fiction books, including:
"Time from a Station Clock: An Exploration in Chronology" (1989), an examination of the relationship between time and human experience.
"The Writing Life" (2004), a collection of essays that offer insights into her writing process and creative journey.
Impact and Legacy
Susan Fletcher's contributions to literature have been widely recognized, with several of her novels receiving critical acclaim and awards. Her work has also been translated into multiple languages, introducing her unique voice and perspective to readers worldwide.
Why They Are Widely Quoted or Remembered
As a masterful storyteller and nuanced explorer of the human condition, Susan Fletcher is widely quoted and remembered for her thought-provoking novels that continue to captivate readers with their richly detailed settings, complex characters, and profound themes.
Quotes by Susan Fletcher
We are the Magick – we are. The truest magick in this world is in us... It is in our movements and in what we say and feel.
I sought the sea. There was a small comfort in it – in how it never ended, how there were other lands beyond it that I would never see. I tried to see the realm, like that. Like the dead people had only gone elsewhere, to a place I could not see – a place just over the sides of the earth, which is as real as the beach that I sat on.
What creatures we are. What powers are in us – in all of us. What we already know, if we choose to spend time with ourselves. What a deep love we can feel.
Carefully, she stands. And she runs her hand across the top of Thomasina’s gravestone as she leaves, like how, as girls, they would let go of hands – gradually, moving their fingertips over each other’s palms, as gently as raindrops. She has done this for sixty-eight years and there is a dip on the stone from this. She has worn the stone down with her loving goodbyes.
And just as this illness changed his life, and hers, and Claudette’s and their house on rue de l’Agneau, so it changed that old, cracked globe. It felt different in her hands – smaller. She’d hold it like an egg that could break under her touch. Because now Jeanne’s mind could not be on future of foreign countries, it had to be on the cutting up of food, the emptying of chamber pots. Her life moved around her father, and loving him more closely – and how could she resent this?
Oh there is always sadness. Always grief. I have heard folks say this life could be all hardship and sorrow, if we let it be. If we let our hearts seal over.
She never choose anything except her husband, her motherhood and her trust in God. The rest of it was put upon her and she bears it and does her best.
You’re the one who taught me that there is truth below the surface of tales. That we can learn courage from them. That they can teach us how to live our lives.
Isn’t it the rarest thing? Never mind the whale migrations, or total eclipses of suns and moons: love that lasts, and is returned in equal measure, is the rarest thing she knows of.