Lesley Lokko

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After various careers (cocktail waitress, kibbutz worker and office manager amongst many others!), I went back to university at the age of 26 and settled into seven years' training as an architect. As soon as I'd finished, I went to work in South Africa which was where the idea for Sundowners, my first novel, was born. I spent the next few years teaching in different universities in the UK and the US, but somehow never completely let go of the idea of writing for a living. In 1996, I met my wonderful agent, who kept at me to 'keep at it.' I did, and finally, almost ten years later, in 2004, I held the first copy in my hot little hands! But, having spent so long training to be an architect, I found I couldn't completely give that up either,...more

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Books by Lesley Lokko

Average rating: 3.79 · 984 ratings · 136 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Saffron skies: a novel 3.82 avg rating — 286 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	Sundowners 3.96 avg rating — 223 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Bitter Chocolate 3.78 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Rich Girl, Poor Girl 3.62 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	One Secret Summer 3.62 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Private Affair 3.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Wen Die Götter Küssen: Roman 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	White Papers, Black Marks: Architecture, Race, Culture 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Untitled Lokko 2 of 3 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	sahramitaivas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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“She would love it. Just as he loved her. He paused for a second, his fingers touching the door handle. He was in love. The realisation came to him quite suddenly.”
― Lesley Lokko, Bitter Chocolate

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“How could you teach someone to survive? You pointed them in the right direction and hoped they'd swim, not sink. Waving, not drowning. There are more important things in life than individual happiness. It was an easy trap to fall into, mistaking a lack of self-direction for an expression of love.”
― Lesley Lokko, Sundowners

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“He wasn't there to save her. She must know how to save herself.”
― Lesley Lokko, Sundowners

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