Monique Charlesworth
Novelist and screenwriter
Monique Charlesworth is a half-German novelist and screenwriter who has written four acclaimed novels and spent a decade writing for film and television. Fluent in French and German, her work maintains a distinctly European perspective.
About the book
Her memoir, Mother Country: A Story of Love and Lies, explores her mother’s complex relationship with her German and half-Jewish heritage, while reflecting on her own reverse journey.
‘Mother Country: A Story of Love and Lie’
Monique Charlesworth
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‘Mother Country’ author Monique Charlesworth in The Bookseller
Monique Charlesworth, author of four novels including The Children’s War (Harper Perennial), has launched a new imprint, Moth Books.
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Taylor, Seabrook and Charlesworth shortlisted for the TLS Ackerley Prize.
Books by Catherine Taylor and Jeremy Seabrook, along with Monique Charlesworth's 2023 memoir 'Mother Country' published by Moth Books in collaboration with Whitefox, have been shortlisted for the TLS Ackerley Prize 2024 for memoir and autobiography.
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‘Mother Country’ author Monique Charlesworth in conversation with Rabbi Julia Neuberger
Join two daughters of second generation Holocaust survivors for a conversation about their mother-daughter relationships, secrets and lies, and how the past shapes their identity.
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