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"A masterclass in how to write a mesmerizing memoir." Why is this memoir also a mystery? Because its two Margarets, one a nobody and the other a celebrity, have these biographical overlaps. * Both have the middle-name Eleanor. * Both were born in Canada in November 1939. * Both were students at Toronto University at the end of the 50s. * Both majored there in English. * Both, after leaving university, spent most of their free time writing. * In their early mid-twenties, both spent most of their writing time writing poetry. * Both, as young women and before feminism's second wave, were…mehr

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"A masterclass in how to write a mesmerizing memoir." Why is this memoir also a mystery? Because its two Margarets, one a nobody and the other a celebrity, have these biographical overlaps. * Both have the middle-name Eleanor. * Both were born in Canada in November 1939. * Both were students at Toronto University at the end of the 50s. * Both majored there in English. * Both, after leaving university, spent most of their free time writing. * In their early mid-twenties, both spent most of their writing time writing poetry. * Both, as young women and before feminism's second wave, were influenced by Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. * Both worked for a marketing research company in Toronto in 1963. * Both occasionally experienced palpitations of the heart. * And for a period in their twenties, both used hair-straightener. So, were there two Margarets or only one? "A good question," says Fullbrook, "but for me as the storyteller its answer makes but marginal difference. The story . . . is not about celebrities, but about those nobodies - at least at the time - who, passing casually through my life or yours, give precious gifts". "This is a stunning book - full of beautiful surprises and mysteries - written by a master storyteller . . . I couldn't stop reading it - I had to find out the ending - and it doesn't disappoint " - Martin Packard (Amazon) >"A book of many mysteries and life travels unravelled by a fine storyteller with great humour and reflective wisdom. Loved it." - Andrew Sprod (Amazon)