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I’ve never had a job.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗
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Being a salesgirl in a baby shop where the others said things like, “He’s Jewish, but she’s American.” Also, after college, being a waitress in London, and trying to make change in the old money of shillings and pence.
Adjoa Andoh
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Cleaning men’s toilets in the Swan hotel in the Cotswolds.
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