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Source ISBN: 9780008130770
Ebook Edition © May 2016 ISBN: 9780008130794
Version: 2017-01-27
For Dido Davies,
who was blissful.
1953–2013
Contents
8. As soon as I had the idea …
14. A Chapter of celebrations: birthdays from thirteen to sixty-two
22. I have been stuck in this room twenty one years …
24. Despite the fact that time passes with treacle-like languor …
26. For years, Flora has been telling me …
28. Auntie’s Tea Shop is a seaside shop …