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In my 40s: I had two children young enough to think their parents wonderful, my business was booming, I was happily married and living in the Cotswolds with a veg garden and ponies in the paddock. Who could not be happy?
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2012 source ↗
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