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And it was suddenly very simple: There was no choice.

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Jojo Moyes
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 4
Journalist
Novelist
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Pauline Sara Jo Moyes
Suddenly
Choice
Choices
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I frowned at the list. “So… I’ll go back and tell the Traynors that I’m going to get their suicidal quadriplegic son drunk, spend their money on strippers and lap dancers, and then trundle him off to the Disability Olympics—
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It's complicated.' 'So's quantitative easing. But I still get that it means printing money.
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If I don't cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it's failed.
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Nobody fights you like your own sister nobody else knows the most vulnerable parts of you and will aim for them without mercy.
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