Remember That What You Have

Reading Is My Greatest Luxury.

Every Year I Teach Dozens Of Students At The University Of Birmingham. Most Of The Students On The Gender And Sexuality Courses Are Women. I Guess This Is Because The Boys Don't Think That Gender Applies To Them: That It's A Subject For Girls.

It Took A Brave Editor In The U.s. To Sign A Contract For Dancing Girls, And Without Her Belief In The Book, I'm Not Sure It Would Ever Have Found Its Way Into Print.

When I Was A Child And Teenager I Read Whenever I Had The Opportunity, But Since Then I've Found It Hard To Read As Much As I'd Like, Children, Work, And Pets All Providing Powerful Incentives To Escape Into A Book And A Practical Reason Why I Rarely Do So.

People Still Come Up To Me And Ask Whether I Am Louise Brown Or If They've Seen Me Somewhere Else Before.