I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was…

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I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife. ✨ 'Even as a child, I felt like an alien'. Interview with Simon Reynolds, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.
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I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife. ✨ 'Even as a child, I felt like an alien'. Interview with Simon Reynolds, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.

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