I can always see two points of view, which makes it hard to have a row.
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Esther Freud
b. 1963
Born in London, Esther Freud, 63, is the daughter of Bernardine Coverley and Lucian Freud. She trained as an actor and, in 1992, released her debut novel, Hideous Kinky, which was made into a film starring Kate Winslet in 1998. Freud’s work has been translated into 13 languages, and her 10th adult novel, My Sister and Other Lovers, is out in paperback. She has three children with the actor David Morrissey, and lives between Suffolk and London with her current partner.
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An inability to see the other side.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗
I bumped into an old schoolteacher and her even more ancient and deaf sister, and she shouted to her, “Remember Esther? Now she writes books … ABOUT HERSELF.”
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Small, determined, lucky.
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Not joining the circus.
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Talking about the hardships of my mother’s life – she would not approve.
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Last week, when I decided to rewrite the children’s book I’ve been working on.
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My parents died within four days of each other. I was engulfed as I ran from one bedside to another.
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For the words to fly from my fingers as just occasionally they do.
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Did I behave in the right way?
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Life’s too short to take offence.
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We watch over those we love.
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