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"The library was my salvation"
Author Val McDermid on the huge role reading played in her childhood
  1. "The library was my salvation"
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    "The library was my salvation"
  2. "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
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    "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
  3. The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
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    The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
  4. "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
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    "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
  5. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
    02:15
    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
  6. How To Be A Man
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    How To Be A Man
  7. A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
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    A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
  8. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
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    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
  9. "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
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    "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
  10. British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
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    British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
  11. "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
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    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
  12. A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
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    A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
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