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Valerie Helene Mendes (née Barnett, born October 1939) is an English novelist and poet. Mendes is best known for her teenage fiction novels, Girl in the Attic, Coming of Age, Lost and Found and The Drowning, and for her historical novels for adults: Larkswood, Daddy’s Girl and Beatrice and Alexander.
Valerie Mendes is a British writer who has published several historical novels, including Larkswood and Beatrice and Alexander, and a memoir, Not Only But Also. She is also the mother of director Sam Mendes and the grandmother of his children.
Valerie Mendes - author A memoir, NOT ONLY BUT ALSO, historical novels DADDY'S GIRL and BEATRICE AND ALEXANDER, and THE GATHERING: COLLECTED POEMS. Available on Amazon.
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Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Children's. edit data. Valerie Mendes started writing when she was six. Seventy years later, she looks half her age, feels twenty-one – and is still obsessed with telling a good story.
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Valerie Mendes has 24 books on Goodreads with 3289 ratings. Valerie Mendes’s most popular book is Larkswood.
Larkswood is a suspenseful tale of an aristocratic family and a mysterious past. Valerie Mendes is the mother of Sam Mendes, the director of American Beauty and other films.
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Jan 1, 2014 · Valerie Mendes. 3.53. 938 ratings144 reviews. In the tradition of THE FORSYTE SAGA, a sweeping historical novel that spans three generations, telling the dark secrets of a family torn apart. Larkswood House. The very name suggests birdsong, peace and elegance.
