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S1, Ep5 How to Fail: Olivia Laing

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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I Hate You, but I Love Yo

I decided at about 29 that i wanted to train to be a journalist. I did journalism, of course, and i did some work experience. And by an complete miracle, the deputy literary editor ended up leaving shortly afterwards, and i got hired to do it. So i sort of sprang from absolutely having no career in journalism. No, no, absolutely nothing to doing what was my dream job. After three blissful years working at the observer, which i just, it's funny, you often think that you don't recognize happiness when you have it, but i really did. But out of that failure, what was amazing that came out of it was thi book deal. That gave

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