Emma Tennant - Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obviou...

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Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obvious reasons, and there was always something that would stop me, I thought they were asking me for the wrong motives.

Emma Tennant

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Viele Leute wollten, dass ich über meine Familie schreibe, ich glaube aus ziemlich offensichtlichen Gründen, und es gab immer etwas, was mich aufhalten würde, ich dachte, sie fragten mich nach den falschen Motiven.

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