Santa Montefiore
Born in England in 1970 Santa Montefiore grew up on a farm in Hampshire and was educated at Sherborne School for Girls. She read Spanish and Italian at Exeter University and spent much of the 90s in Buenos Aires, where her mother grew up. She converted to Judaism in 1998 and married historian Simon Sebag Montefiore in the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in London. They live with their two children, Lily and Sasha in London.
Santa Montefiore's novels have been translated into twenty languages and have sold more than three million copies in England and Europe.
“Loving isn't about selecting only the good parts. It's about taking the whole and loving the lot.”
Santa Montefiore
“She was an original ... She was an eccentric. She'd come alive like a fire, telling funny stories and entertaining everyone, then she'd suddenly run out of fuel, make her excuses and leave. You always knew when she'd had enough. Those that didn't would find themselves talk to the walls.”
Santa Montefiore
“I expect you to get up in the morning, the rest is a surprise!”
Santa Montefiore
“You bite the bullet and get on with it. One can't expect to be happy all the time ... You expect to be happy, as if it's a right. It's not a right. It's a bonus. The cherry on the cake.”
Santa Montefiore
“I like things to be clearly defined. Trouble brews when the lines are blurred. When people don't know where they stand.”
Santa Montefiore
“Maar het hart kan nooit vergeten en wonden kunnen nooit echt helemaal genezen.”
Santa Montefiore