Escaping an abusive teen marriage and being blessed with the opportunity to create a new life for myself and my two young children in London at the height of the swinging 60s.
When were you happiest?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When my album was made in June.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2009 source ↗
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