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Margaret Leroy

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I grew up in the New Forest. As a child I wrote elaborate fantasy stories that I never showed to anyone. But around age 12 I stopped writing, and didn't start again till my mid-twenties.

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I went to Oxford to study music, at St. Hilda's College. In my twenties I tried all sorts of things - music therapy, play-leading with children with disabilities, work in a toy shop, teaching. I also got married - and divorced. Finally I found work I really enjoyed, as a social worker: I qualified at Leicester University, and worked in psychiatry and then in child protection. It's a reviled profession but I found it fascinating: though, intriguingly, in my writing social workers are more likely to be villains than her...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 3,231 ratings · 758 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Soldier's Wife 3.85 avg rating — 2,456 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Yes, My Darling Daughter: A Novel 3.50 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Postcards from Berlin: A Novel 3.30 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The River House: A Novel 3.03 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Alysson's Shoes 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Trust 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Miscarriage 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Pleasure 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Aristotle Sludge: a modern-day dinosaur 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Ma Fille, Qui Es-Tu? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:

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"The BB's": September 2011 Bitches Choice Nominations	21	18	Aug 10, 2011 08:24am
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"The BB's": October 2011 Books Announced	14	15	Sep 26, 2011 04:28am
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