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In the second part of her memoir of growing up in industrial North Kent, Jean continues her story now as a teenager in the 1950s. Yearning to escape the confines of her working class family and a mundane future as an office worker via a fast track to fame and fortune, she settles for the reflected glory of typing for the rising stars of popular music. Meanwhile her rich fantasy life becomes ever more elaborate.
Jean Harris
Jean Harris is a novelist, essayist, and translator living in Bucharest, Romania. She was the 2007-2008 grant recipient from the University of California, Irvine’s International Center for Writing and Translation.
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