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“Novels are completed when they are finished, but the memoir changes its own conclusion by virtue of being written... I was not at all the same person, when I handed the manuscript to the publisher, as I had been when I began. A memoir may always be retrospective, but the past is not where its action takes place.”

Quote by Nuala O'Faolain

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Nuala O'Faolain

Nuala O'Faolain was an Irish journalist and author. Born on March 1, 1940, and passing away on May 9, 2008, she was recognized for her candid and often controversial writing, particularly on Irish society and its cultural and political issues. more

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