Isabel Allende: If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

The question

If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Isabel Allende

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I would not leave my teenage children to follow an unworthy love. It lasted a month and scarred the family for ever.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

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Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist

My mother and my brother would still be alive. So much of my life has been coping with the grief of losing them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗

Bill Bryson American-British author

Nothing. It’s too risky. What if you eliminated a misjudged situation from your life and it turned out that one of your children wasn’t born, or you failed to meet your partner?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗

Sadiq Khan Mayor of London since 2016

I would have had more time with my dad before he passed away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗

Edward Fox British actor

The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 source ↗