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I was trying SO hard to get this book read before 2026 hit but unfortunately I've failed...

I'm sure I could have read more if the loud children's librarian at my local library hadn't been reading kid's books so loud, leading deafening Christmas songs, nor getting the kids to shake jingly instruments as hard as they could at midday. My ears are still ringing and I was at the farthest point away from the din. Why can't adults have an 'adults only, quiet reading room' in my local? Who pays for the library?

I'm not getting as much read as I'd like thanks to Novel November :D

This book is so revealing. Maud & I are/were very similar, with some of the same issues, seasonal affective disorder, & how we experience/experienced the writing process. I may not have lost my parents young, but other than that, very similar. There's been times today when I've said 'no way!' in amazement of the similarities. We even have/had the same eye colour AND she was born just 2 days from 100 years before me!

Having worked in bookshops, I love this! I wish I could hold on to this book once I've read it but I've promised to move it on to someone else after me. Long Live Bookshops!!!

I so wish she had written an autobiography, or at least hadn't burnt her diaries...