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It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country.
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Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.
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In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer.
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I have a garden, and I'm passionately interested in young people.
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Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.