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The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jenny Valentine (view source)
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Jenny Valentine's third novel [[The Ant Colony by Jenny Valentine|The Ant Colony]] is a deeply humane and heartwarming story of mistakes and regrets and how to put them right. It's witty, wise and full of unforgettable characters. We think Jenny Valentine just gets better and better, so we jumped at the chance to talk to her.
JV: I agree! I think I wanted to write about teenagers because it's an age I remember so acutely. And I can't do flowery because it's not my style, so I fit right in.
* '''BB: WAnd And we have to ask: what gave you the idea to write about a teenager and an old lady's ashes? Lucas and Violet in Finding Violet Park are an even more unlikely pairing than Bo and Sam, but we think it was absolutely inspired.'''
JV: Ah, well I knew a lady called Eileen when I was nineteen and she was about eighty. She was the first disgracefully behaved old lady I had ever met and I thought she was brilliant. When she died she was cremated and her ashes were left on a shelf - not a mini cab office - but somewhere very odd. The difference is I don't think Eileen minded, but Violet does.