Cecelia Ahern: ‘public shaming moved me to write Flawed’ - Guardian children's books podcast

Update: 2016-04-29

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Cecelia Ahern explains how she was moved to write her first YA novel, Flawed, by her dismay at society’s increasingly finger-pointing culture. Guardian children’s books site members Harriet, Amy and Rebecca grill her on the book, which is set in a powerfully realised society in which perfection is valued above humanity

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Cecelia Ahern: ‘public shaming moved me to write Flawed’ - Guardian children's books podcast

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Cecelia Ahern: ‘public shaming moved me to write Flawed’ - Guardian children's books podcast

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Cecelia Ahern: ‘public shaming moved me to write Flawed’ - Guardian children's books podcast