The nurses in our local A and E department greet by name. Consequently, O’Farrell’s life “involves a fair amount of sprinting along hospital corridors. If she eats something with a trace of nuts, or sits where someone might have consumed them, or near someone who might have eaten them, she might go into anaphylactic shock. On average her child suffers between 12 and 15 allergic reactions a year. The idea came to her while caring for her eight-year-old daughter who has a severe immune disorder that has, as detailed here, repeatedly required life-saving treatment. But circumstances change and this, her eighth book, is her first autobiographical work. A Costa award-winning novelist known for her sophisticated narratives and emotional realism, O’Farrell has long avoided writing about herself, in part, she has said, to protect the privacy of her loved ones.
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