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"The library was my salvation"
Author Val McDermid on the huge role reading played in her childhood
  1. "The library was my salvation"
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    "The library was my salvation"
  2. “Both me and him were in tears”
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    “Both me and him were in tears”
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    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
  4. New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
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    New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
  5. “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
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    “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
  6. "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
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    "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
  7. "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
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    "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
  8. "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
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    "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
  9. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
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    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
  10. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
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    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
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    A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
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