Danielle Steel
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The first 10 years of my marriage, when my children were small.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am pretty chirpy at the moment.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗
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To Ms Dooley, for failing my maths GCSE several times over.
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