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Swimming in the North Sea at midnight, surrounded by phosphorescence.
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In my mid- to late-20s, in London, beginning to publish, living hand to mouth, having fun. Also now, when love and life and work have finally cohered.
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When my first child was born – something I thought would never happen.
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Not being born a boy.
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