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Losing Nell.
The Guardian, Interview, The Guardian, 28 December 2019 source ↗
The question
What is your greatest fear?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Zadie Smith
Novelist and essayist
Violent death. Death generally.
Not trying something I really want to do.
Felicity Jones
British actress
Not enough food in the fridge.
To be completely alone.
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View profile →I cry all the time, it’s an embarrassment.
Vanity.
In the first month of my second daughter Nell’s life. My first daughter, Ella-Jayne, was born with a serious heart defect so I didn’t get to just be a mum, I was a carer for the eight months of her life and lived in a hospital. When Nell was born, having a healthy child and being able to be a mum was incredible.
Vanity.
It feels like home.
I sit on the sofa and eat kids’ sweets – shrimps and fizzy cola bottles.
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