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I lean back on the pillows and look at the corners of the room. When I was a kid, I always wanted to live on the ceiling - it looked so clean and uncluttered, like the top of a cake.

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Actor
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Live
Corners
Look
Clean
Uncluttered
Looks
Looked
Pillows
Always
Room
Ceiling
Like
Rooms
Ceilings
Kids
Pillow
Back
Lean
Wanted
Cake

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