She is sure that she developed a lot of upper body strength trying to write her first novel on it. During the 1980s, she was gifted a pre-war typewriter that had some of the hardest keys ever.
Within five years, she had four kids and surrendered to readings of Chicken Licken and sieved prunes in her hair. As such, when she had the opportunity of motherhood and marriage, she took it with both hands. When Laurie Graham finally went to college, she had a miserable time as she took a science course that was quite unsuited to her abilities.īutcher was unable to quit since her family put a lot of emphasis on finishing things whether it was a second helping of pie or a science degree.
Still, she was very much involved in designing and directing shows at school and since she could not play sports or be a good homemaker, it was no surprise that she ended up an author. It was only when she started getting interested in fiction that she learned that her uncle used to write for one of the city papers. The Leicester of that time was the shoe-making capital of the UK and hence there were hardly any writers or so she thought. From a very young age, she used to check out at least half a dozen titles every week. She still remembers how she used to disappear for hours and sometimes caused search parties to be sent out to find her as a four-year-old.Īpart from her wanderings, she also loved to use the lending library. She would then spend much of her life living in Leicester, England, even though she now makes her life in Dalkey on Dublin Bay.Īs a child, she had asthma and was cherished and cossetted but still, as soon as she could walk she started planning her escape. She was born in 1947 and hence was conceived just a year after her father came back from World War II. OL20702892W Page_number_confidence 95.35 Pages 346 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200915105522 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 488 Scandate 20200909054229 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781782069706 Tts_version 4.Laurie Graham is a bestselling romance and historical fiction author who loves to call herself a post-war baby. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:07:56 Boxid IA1928803 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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