Joanna Trollope has died

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LunaTheCat · 12/12/2025 17:39

I loved all her books.. easy to read and get lost in the characters.

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mrsdolittle · 12/12/2025 21:44

Oh No. I hadn’t heard this. So sad. I am reading one of her books just now. Have loved her work for many years 😢

Midgetgemsplease · 12/12/2025 21:46

So sad. Sophie Kinsella too this week 😞

Comefromaway · 12/12/2025 22:02

Oh no. I loved her books.

Santasbigredbobblehat · 12/12/2025 22:22

I’ve been rereading her books recently. Love them, so comforting.

Whatwouldnanado · 12/12/2025 22:26

Oh that is so sad…so many wonderful creative people have left us this year. So glad to have lived in the times I have and had my life enriched by them.

PullTheBricksDown · 12/12/2025 22:26

Saw this announced earlier. Decent piece from the Guardian that acknowledged her role in writing about ordinary lives

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/12/joanna-trollope-bestselling-novels-ordinary-life-a-village-affair-dies-aged-82

Joanna Trollope, bestselling chronicler of ordinary life, dies aged 82

Her novels, including A Village Affair and Other People’s Children, drew on what Fay Weldon called a ‘gift for putting her finger on the problem of the times’

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/12/joanna-trollope-bestselling-novels-ordinary-life-a-village-affair-dies-aged-82

Lisanne55 · 12/12/2025 23:50

☹️

Nellieinthebarn · 16/12/2025 21:16

That's really sad, I love her books, one of the few authors I can reread.

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