Lesley Glaister Books & Quotes

“Aida watches Dennis open his tobacco pouch and stuff his pipe. As a child she was entranced by the process, and the glamorous stink of it, the special words: flake, shag, shank, dottle. He told her that each pipe had its own ghost, which is the taste when you suck it, empty and cold. Sometimes he let her taste the ghost.”

Love Truth Relationships Powerful Sacrifice Lies Loss Of Identity Secrets And Lies Forbidden Connections Cross Generational

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“To think how thrilled she was when she took the job to have to sign the Official Secrets Act. It seemed so deliciously cloak and dagger, and she thought she'd become privy to important national secrets, or at least something interesting. But it's all piffle, baffling as hell and twice as boring.”

War Romance Dark Memory Historical Fiction Yearning Haunting Family Drama Forbidden Connections Post Trauma

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“Tiny Eleanor in her black coat, is dinkily perfect, like a woman carved on a mechanical clock, nodding, lifting her hand, in jerky greeting. Her eyes might slice jealously through any gaze between Clem and Corin, but they can't sever the meaning of those gazes.”

Romance Heartbreak Guilt Mistakes Mysterious Melancholy Satisfying Post War Emotional Complexity Familial Bonds

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“The door knocker's a knocking fist, or it's meant to be, but it makes him think of a punch in the gob.”

Love Emotional Longing Redemption World War Ii Lgbtq Solace Promises Forbidden Love Women S Sagas

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“He slid the ring onto my wedding finger. It fitted perfectly. A good omen? I tipped my hand this way and that, admiring the extravagant sparkle, and kept my truth buttoned all buttoned up.”

Longing Betrayal Redemption Uncertainty Prisoner Fragility Human Connection Misunderstandings Emotional Scars Forbidden Desires

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“When she entered the sitting room she was not at first noticed. The music had changed now, to something slower, and the women were dancing; Harri’s dark head against the breast of Gwen’s white shirt, Gwen’s hand low on Harri’s back. Gwen’s eyes were closed and the look on her face, serene and blissful, sent a fright through Clem.”

War Fiction Drama Ptsd Trauma Survival Survivor Destuction

Book:Blasted Things

Source: Blasted Things

“And she comes, she actually bloody well comes, bustling down between the beds, bless her heart, in her best coat and vile black straw hat, more fit for a funeral than anything. He’ll get her another, whatever she wants, the best money can buy. He’s so pleased to see her he could nearly bloody cry.”

Love War Fiction Drama Ptsd

Book:Blasted Things

Source: Blasted Things

“Every impression ever made on a person from newborn babyhood onwards will contribute to the shape and texture of the imagination.”

Writing Life Lessons Imagination Creativity Memory Impressions

Author:Lesley Glaister

“I lost God in the jungle. Before that, I had the normal sort of watery English Christianity. Out there some men got more religious, others lost it. What kind of god would allow this? etc.”

Grief Memory Yearning Unpredictable Duality Solace Psychological Tension Hidden Past Familial Bonds War Aftermath

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“You can always rely on Daddy to state the bleeding obvious; it used to madden her and Edgar, but now she finds it soothing.”

Dark Loss Thriller Legacy Tension Connection Unrequited Love Human Connection Historical Drama Redemption Arc

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“She hurries out of the hammering rain into the puddled shelter of St Pancras. As arranged, he's waiting outside WH Smith, and her heart jerks like a bad dog on a lead.”

Powerful Historical Legacy Connection Haunting Emotional Depth Survivor S Guilt Moral Dilemmas Forbidden Connections Emotional Thriller

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“He gazes at the tree's roots tangled with broken gravestones; root and stone merge like something in the jungle.How mixed up everything is. Memories mix and merge till he hardly knows what's true. Sometimes he thinks Edgar kissed him; sometimes he knows it never happened.”

Regret Survival Loyalty Deception Secrets Intrigue Alienation Complex Love Triangle Consequences Of War

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“And then came Mrs Fletcher, snapping her scissors, the soft scrunch of the blades through thick hanks, the gradual sensation of lightness. Now every scrap of hair that Powell had touched was gone.”

Love War Death Drama Destruction Ptsd

Book:Blasted Things

Source: Blasted Things

“Neville's a pleasant sort of standby when there's nothing more exciting on the go. A safe, attractive, reliable chap. He's respectful, never having tried to get her into bed which, if she was a better sort of person, she might appreciate.”

Death Sacrifice Uncertainty Tension Deceit Consequences World War Hidden Truths Historical Intrigue Intricate Plot

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“Doll bends over, checking a barrel; she got hips on her under that skirt, sturdy, bovine, though she’d kill him if he said as much. His cheek yearns for her lap, for her stroking hands, for her fantastically common reek of beer and ham and Parma Violets.”

Love Sex Drama Fiction Writing Wars

Book:Blasted Things

Source: Blasted Things

“During the film (long, miserable) he takes her hand and squeezes rhythmically as if he's milking a cow. She's distracted by wondering if he has ever, in fact, milked a cow.”

Identity Fulfilment Fragility Emotional Depth Prisoner Of War Moral Dilemmas Forbidden Desires Disorientating Complex Emotions War Camp

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

“Walking back in the lamp-stained dark, the duckboards greasy and glittering with frost, she wanted to sing, she wanted to scream, she wanted to make love to him, she wanted to die.”

Love War Drama Destruction Literary Fiction Authors

Book:Blasted Things

Source: Blasted Things

“Right on the dot, Ted waltzes in as if he owns the place. Vince looks up from the pump. Christ he’s got his ice-cream seller’s jacket on, straw hat, moustache gleaming like a pair of brass handles.”

Love Drama Fiction Novel Post War Trauma

Book:Blasted Things

Source: Blasted Things

“He fingers her stuff, her undies, a stocking. He winds it round his hand, tight silk, unwinds it, lays it back across the chair where it dangles like leg skin.”

Love War Drama Post War Trauma

Book:Blasted Things

Source: Blasted Things

“She likes his wide, easy smile, the texture of his skin, the thick fair hair on his arms, almost like fur, the wholesome soapy smell of him. And she likes his height. He's taller by far than any British man she's been with; it's excessive, unnecessary, gorgeous. Invisibly, she sighs. Of course, she always knew it was temporary: that's the deal with G.I.'s.”

Truth Powerful Grief Fiction Historical Betrayal Mistakes Secrets Survivor S Guilt Emotional Thriller

Book:A Particular Man

Source: A Particular Man

Lesley Glaister Books

A Particular Man

Blasted Things

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