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“My mind foamed with envy and loathing of parents who conversed in cafes about music and art. The envy spilled over and encompassed Olivia’s past. I imagined her growing up in Mount Macedon in an atmosphere of easy-going creativity and open-mindedness, with lively dinner-table conversations where no subject was forbidden, and adults who accepted childish transgressions and forgave them at once.”