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I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i

Author Carol Kirkwood on the books that changed her life

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I loved reading growing up. As a child, my shelves sported a healthy number of spine-creased paperbacks that I read over and over. Jacqueline Wilson books were a big part of my life; my aunt bought me

You need the hardest of hearts not to love a love story, and one that raises a laugh as the course of true love fails to run smoothly only ups the feelgood factor. This is borne out by the fact that f