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I worked in my aunt’s bar in Dundalk for about eight years and I remember cleaning the whole bar, including the bathrooms, after a particularly rough St Patrick’s Day.
Horrible gigs at the beginning, when no one’s interested.
I’ve never had a terrible job. I’ve been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are and I haven’t done them.
And then I tired of waiting tables. It made me feel diminished and sad, but it was a great way to earn a living for a while.
Thank You For The Music by Abba.
My children. My marriage. All those books.
Warm and golden, and it smells delicious.
Watching my children play together for hours when they were very young.
Anxiety. Have I finished this? Will I make the deadline? Could I have done that better? Are the children OK? Is the husband OK? Is the dog OK? Did I leave the oven on?
Ann Patchett, Paterson Joseph, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Jo Nesbø, Sara Pascoe, Adam Kay
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