That's Writing For You: When You Make

Even If They Knew The Truth Of Their Own Feelings, Most Mothers Would Be Socially And Emotionally Incapable Of Revealing It.

How Can There Be So Many Mothers In The World But So Little Sense Of What It Might Be To Become One?

Leaving Things Behind And Starting Again Is A Way Of Coping With Difficulties. I Learnt Very Early In My Life That I Was Able To Leave A Place And Still Remain Myself.

The Distinctive Feature Of My Family Was Intolerance Of Sensitivity And Emotion - Everything's Great, It All Has To Be Great All The Time And Why Do You Have To Spoil It? Whereas Probably The Most Fundamental And Important Thing To Me Has Been Defending My Right To Tell The Truth About How I Feel.

For Me, A Novel Is Always The Result Of My Attempt To Impose Myself On Raw Circumstances. It Is A Concrete Form Of Lived Experience.