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Sylvie Nickels

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Born

in Neuchatel, Switzerland

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http://www.sylvienickelsbooks.com

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Fiction, Contemporary, Young Adult

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October 2011

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Mum was Swiss and Dad English and they met on a ship travelling to New Zealand so it's not surprising that my destiny was to become a travel writer.

My writing began during World War Two when, aged ten, I started a series of stories about a gnome and a flying dragon who encountered twins and took them on amazing overseas adventures, first having to overcome the hazards of barrage balloons, falling bombs and rising shells. Being a hoarder I still have them, complete with illustrations.

Apart from a few lapses, I have barely stopped writing since, which makes it seventy-five years-plus of scribbling. My main interest has been in how ordinary people cope with extraordinary circumstances, hence a trilogy on the effects of war on the children and ...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 131 ratings · 45 reviews · 36 distinct works

	Courage to Change 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Side of Silence 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Kind of Loving 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It'll be Better Tomorrow 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Shadows 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Broken Gate 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Muddy, a canoe journey down the Mississippi 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So, What Next? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Village 21 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yugoslavia: Welcome to Yugoslavia liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It's still not the same but four more years have passed and, two moves later, I am now in a retirement flat in the middle of Banbury. It makes sense, without family, to be near most of the facilities I might need. Nearly all my fellow residents are of that generation that remembers World War Two either from child- or young-adulthood - probably the last generation to do, so the shared memories are Read more of this blog post »

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