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Jennie Rooney28 Jul 2008
Jennie Rooney by Eamonn McCabe
On her debut novel, ‘Inside the Whale’

Twenty-eight year-old Jennie Rooney was working as a commercial lawyer when she started to write her first novel in her lunch breaks. ‘Inside the Whale’ is a heart-warming, tender and funny tale of two lovers who look back on their lives shaped by the War. Jennie Rooney talks to Jane about the themes in her novel and how and why she came to write it.

‘Inside the Whale’ by Jennie Rooney is published by Chatto & Windus, ISBN: 978-0-701-18273-1
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