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Lessons in Chemistry author Bonnie Garmus: ‘I wrote my first novel at 12 – it has not yet found a publisher’
Source: The Guardian · Published
The author of the global sensation on being inspired by Harper Lee, the craft of Joan Didion, and the joys of rereading Louisa May Alcott My earliest reading memory I have a very clear memory of reading Fun With Dick and Jane. I was four years old, and my dad wrote each word on a chalkboard. I memorised them, then opened the book and read them back to him. I couldn’t believe it. It felt like…
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- The author of the global sensation on being inspired by Harper Lee, the craft of Joan Didion, and the joys of rereading Louisa May Alcott My earliest reading memory I have a very clear memory of reading Fun With Dick and Jane.
- I was four years old, and my dad wrote each word on a chalkboard.
- I memorised them, then opened the book and read them back to him.
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