I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this was a centre of writing. (Per Petterson)

I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this was a centre of writing.

Per Petterson

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