#8 Joanna Trollope Opens Up On Fiction, Family and Feminism
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Three Fs have been a consistent part of international bestseller Joanna Trollope's life: Fiction, family and feminism. She explains why here. The international bestseller says, “There will always be women who want to stay at home in the kitchen and make jam tarts with the three-year-old, and there will always be women who want to rule the world.” Which kind is she?
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