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'Vivid, laugh-out-loud, moving'  Sunday Express  'An unvarnished, endearing and very funny account'  Woman \u0026amp; Home _________   PRAISE FOR SUE PERKINS   'Drama, tears and laughs ... I ADORED it'  Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist   'Charming and funny .... Like going for a long, slightly drunken lunch with your naughtiest friend'  Red   'Brilliantly written... fearlessly honest and full of heart, it will also make you laugh like a gibbon'  Heat   I absolutely loved it . . . whip smart and very funny'   Woman \u0026amp; Home   'Warm, crisp and beautifully layered ... a complete delight'   Independent on Sunday   'Deftly written and belly-laugh funny'   Express   'Honest, warm and downright hilarious'  OK    'Utterly wonderful. 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When I began writing this book, I went home to see if my mum had kept some of my stuff. What I found was that she hadn't kept some of it. She had kept all of it - every bus ticket, postcard, school report - from the moment I was born to the moment I finally had the confidence to turn round and say 'Why is our house full of this shit?'  Sadly, a recycling 'incident' destroyed the bulk of this archive. This has meant two things: firstly, Dear Reader, you will never get to see countless drawings of wizards, read a poem about corn on the cob, or marvel at the kilos of brown flowers I so lovingly pressed as a child. Secondly, it's left me with no choice but to actually write this thing myself.  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