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“Locked up inside her was an uncomfortable amount of unhappiness, perhaps even horror, if of a sadly conventional kind, and the only way she could deal with it was by pretending it never existed - so much pretending women like my grandmother had to do. The urge in her to be respectable and above reproach was so strong, and the rules of that respectability so rigid, that it overrode all other desires.”

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Book:Hidden Lives: A Family Memoir
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Margaret Forster
Margaret Forster

Margaret Forster was an English author renowned for her biographical works. Her writing is celebrated for its delicate touch and profound psychological insights into characters. Her career spanned various literary genres, including novels, biographies, and children's literature. more

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Book:Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds
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