Suzanne Leal
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They're both apparently only children.
I think Olive is a great success.
I think she's affectionate.
I think she's a little bit bossy.
I think her words are well chosen.
I think her coming of age is successful.
And I must say, I did like all the allusions to the 80s.
So it's set in the 80s.
She's 12 in the 80s.
We've got hot, searing concrete on swimming pools.
Oh, yes.
We've got clogs.
that I've got somewhere that razzes back in my memory.
And I was immediately there.
I think the immediacy of the book and the visualisation of a time past through the head of this young girl is very successful.
There was a beautiful scene about her at school.
So Olive's just, she's just a little bit too much in your face.
She says a little bit too much.
She doesn't hold back.
She's 12.