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Dec 9, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Holy shit this had me biting my nails. Was anyone hurt?

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Amazingly, no. But we’re still furious about it, and she still waives it off as nothing #stuff&nonsense hashtag laughing and also crying

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Dec 10, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Oh dear. My dad deliberately tried to crash the car, with me and mum in it, into a wooden electrical pole one night when I was around 14 or 15. So I get the fear. Although we never talked about it. Of course I have, loads, in therapy.

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And weirdly, it's the "never talked about it" that does the lasting damage.

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Dec 10, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

And especially the denial. "That never happened" is a constant. And when you're an only child, it's really confusing because, did it happen?

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Right

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Aug 24, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Gradually playing catch up on all the ones i haven't had the usual time to read day by day..........again reading this one I'm hit by your wonderful ability to paint a picture that draws me in completely to be there too in all those scenes!! It's great knowing i've got a little library of further adventures to join in on as I catch up with the others after this one!! xxx

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Thanks Rob x

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