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Frances Beaumont

“If every day is like eating cake with unknown layers, the day I met John Oliver had such a surprising and unexpected flavour that the memory of it has stayed with me all my life.”

From ‘A Life Without Hands’ – included in the showcase 

“A Life Without Hands – John Oliver and Me has been a long time coming. It began a year after John Oliver died in 2014. The first version of the book was John’s biography, and it took me three years to write. My writing group said, “The best bits are where you are interacting with John. It needs more of you in the book!” I had never considered writing a memoir.” From the Introduction