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| | Observer | Tales my mother never told me |
 | | At 14, Claire escaped her parents for the first time by lying about her age to begin nursing, but she was dragged back to the family house, and her cover blown, when Peter and Betty disappeared for a week's holiday, leaving her terrified sister in charge of the others. |
 | | Indeed, despite Claire admitting that she was 'suspicious of family', she stayed in touch with a fair slab of it. |
 | | After all, by 1972 Claire was very well known: she had her problem page in the Sun, a slot on Pebble Mill at One, and her novels were bestsellers. |
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