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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. "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"
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  3. "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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  5. "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
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    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
  6. "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
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    "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
  7. The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
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    The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
  8. New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
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    New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
  9. “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
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    “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
  10. "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
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    "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
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    “Both me and him were in tears”
  12. "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"
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    A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
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