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My copy has arrived but I will be away on the day of the web chat. I am going to put it in my suitcase to read on holiday. I love all her books. Sorry I will miss the web chat.
annodomini
Tegan, are you perhaps thinking of 'How It All Began'? That was a great favourite of mine as it dealt with a aspect of ageing which concerns me. I can't help imagining what would happen if I had a damaging fall. Did you write this from personal experience, Penelope, or were you thinking through what might happen?
Yes it must be how it all began, and yes to some extent this did come from personal experience. I had a fall in the street - no great damage done - but it sparked off the idea that had been in my mind for a long time of a novel that would address the extraordinary way in which our lives are directed by accidents as much as by decision.