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A life worth writing

used to work at a day centre for the elderly and one of the ladies, who had a strong personality and a wicked sense of humour, loved to relate snippets from her amazing life story. When I left the centre, I started to write a story based on all the wonderful tales this lady had told me. However, I came unstuck when trying to tie all these tales together in a readable form. I couldn’t imagine the characters she shared some of her life with, which made it difficult when trying to include conversations. I did research

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