Talk:Helen Dunmore

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 * I have just read Mourning Ruby and it really is an excellent novel. However, I was rather disappointed towards the end with the novel's structure. I found that the move from Rebecca's story to Joe's novel about Florence and Will was rather too disjointed. What I would preferred as a reader was to see the completion of Joe, Rebecca and Adam's story and then the whole Boomdiara section (Part Two) written out as a completely new novel. It reminded me somewhat of both Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong and Charlotte Gray in its style and setting, and I think could have been equally as good. Having read this brief article on HD, I intend to expand it considerably as I have done for Sebastian Faulks and William Boyd since I rate her writing to be, like theirs, of a very high quality (which is hard to say of most contemporary novelists these days). Ivankinsman (talk) 18:53, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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First inline citation [1] not work
The very first inline citation -- [1] -- goes to a page that states that what you're looking for does not exist.

As such, it should either be replaced or removed. 2600:8800:787:F500:C23F:D5FF:FEC5:89B6 (talk) 00:29, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Place of birth
The box in the top right-hand corner of this article says that she was born in Berkeley in Yorkshire, but the Guardian online obituary says that she was born in Beverley. Could anybody who knows the correct place ensure it is in this article? Many thanks, Vorbee (talk) 18:23, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The birth was registered in Holderness registration district. Beverley was in the Holderness registration district till 1974 when the authorities messed with the local authority districts and their boundaries.  I've never heard of a Berkeley in Yorkshire.   One is encouraged to assume good faith so it must surely exist ... somewhere in Yorkshire.   But I still can't find it on the map.   Maybe it's  very small  .   Meanwhile, and though it goes against the grain to think it, maybe the Guardian got it right?   I'll remove Berkeley in Yorkshire from the infobox and see if anyone else knows enough to reinstate it with a source.   And please.  Charles01 (talk) 19:11, 8 June 2017 (UTC)


 * The Guardian obit states "Beverley" today - perhaps it had "Berkeley" as an earlier typo and has corrected it? Pam  D  09:43, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Last poem
I heard on the programme Front Row tonight that her last poem was called "Hold out your Arms". Could this go in the article?Vorbee (talk) 18:38, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

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