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SHAR DAWS has a master's degree in English and Creative Writing and has contributed research to multiple published books about stars of the 1950s and written dozens of articles in magazines. Alongside writing, she runs Retro Daisy Vintage an online clothing boutique. Shar lives in Sussex by the sea. ...more

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Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf?: A Case for the Sanity of Virginia Woolf

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