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Maggie O'Farrell

What I Wish I'd Known

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Do You Feel Resigned of Dying?

I was so ill, you know, that you're in a very altered mental state anyway. So I felt there was a lot of living I still needed to do. And then Jimmy Savile visited me at one point. Can you remember it vividly? Yes, I do. It was like a free night with his friend. He once said that going through a really severe illness completely refigures you in your life. And it's sort of like passing through far. But I still love Beatrice Potter. Amazing stories, beautiful vocabulary.

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