The Last Party Quotes

“Does it really hurt?' Ffion asked her mam. She'd read the books Elen had bought, had even watched that awful video in school, but she still found it hard to comprehend that -- in a matter of weeks -- there would be an actual baby coming out of her. 'Like, -really-?'

Elen stood, kissing her daughter fiercely on the forehead. 'You know the best antidote to pain?'

Ffion remembered the woman on the video. 'Is it an epidural?'

Elen laughed. 'It's love, Ffion Morgan. Love is the answer to everything.”
― Clare Mackintosh, The Last Party

“A part of every girl is poised to defend herself, long before she knows why she might need to.”
― Clare Mackintosh, The Last Party

“Yeah? Call the police, then.’ ‘Nee nah nee nah.’ Ffion pulls out her warrant card. ‘How’s that for a response time?”
― Clare Mackintosh, The Last Party

“Tŷ bach,”
― Clare Mackintosh, The Last Party

“iPad screen to the smart board on the wall, and for a split-second”
― Clare Mackintosh, The Last Party