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Laurie Graham

English Journalist

Born: Nov 25, 1947

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Times may have changed, but there are some things that are always with us - loneliness is one of them. Laurie Graham

Loneliness Changed Some Some Things Always Times May Them Us Things

As one ages, eventually, no matter what regime you've followed, no matter how fiercely you've fought the fight, good health becomes harder to maintain. It may disappear overnight or simply dwindle, but with every year that passes, the odds shorten. Laurie Graham

Health Good Good Health You Fight Matter Year Odds Every Followed Disappear Simply Maintain Becomes How Passes Overnight May Regime Shorten Fiercely Ages Fought Eventually Harder

My husband is leaving me. No dramas, no slammed doors - well, OK, a few slammed doors - and no suitcase in the hall, but there is another woman involved. Her name is Dementia. Laurie Graham

Me Woman Husband Few Doors Suitcase Dramas OK Name Dementia Involved Well Another Hall Another Woman Leaving Slammed Her

Sorry, I don't do castles. I hate those winding turret stairs. Laurie Graham

Hate Sorry Those Winding Castles Stairs

Dementia is quite unlike cancer or heart disease or any of those other conditions where you bargain with God for a cure or even just a bit more time. Laurie Graham

The terror dementia sufferers must feel is unimaginable, but the techniques they use to hide their difficulties - the ducking and diving and keeping the world laughing - are perfectly understandable. Laurie Graham

World Hide Difficulties Laughing Must Diving Perfectly Feel Dementia Terror Understandable Unimaginable Use Keeping Techniques

The wheels of publishing never slow down. Laurie Graham

Slow Down Never Wheels Publishing

I think my mother was baffled by me. We were polar opposites. She was shy and retiring. I was over-fond of the limelight. Many times in my life, I was conscious of embarrassing her with my carrying on. Laurie Graham

Life Me Mother My Life Opposites Think Embarrassing Carrying Baffled Polar Retiring She Limelight Were Times Many Her Conscious Shy

My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation. Laurie Graham

Life Me Creative Mother Picture Damp Type Air Following Through Messy Behind Orderly Rag Homemaker Her Fastidious

My early novels were very understated and English. Fourteen years ago, I met and married my American husband, and as I learned more about his background and culture, I became interested in using American voices. Laurie Graham

Culture Husband Met Background Married About More Voices Learned Became Understated Were His Years Years Ago Very American Interested English Using Novels Fourteen Early

I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for the weekend. I also lived in Italy for ten years and now live in Ireland. Laurie Graham

I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American. Laurie Graham

Myself Live Think Honorary Married Although American Europe

I speak pretty fluent American, though I do so with a strong British accent, and I love America: The scale and the variety of it are astonishing to someone not born there, and I'm convinced that its energy and generosity have somehow rubbed off on me and affected my writing. For the better. Laurie Graham

Love Me Writing Speak Strong Better Energy Fluent Astonishing Though Scale Born Pretty Somehow Someone Variety Generosity Accent Affected Off America American Convinced British

Even professional, paid carers aren't always models of saintly behaviour - and they know they can knock off at the end of their shift to go home, take an uninterrupted shower, and have a normal conversation with someone. Laurie Graham

Home Conversation Someone Take Knock Know Always Go Shift Go Home Normal Off End Models Behaviour Paid Shower Professional Even

I hate to think I ever make my husband frightened or unhappy, but I suspect I do. Laurie Graham

Hate Unhappy Husband Think Make Frightened Suspect Ever

In grief, after even the happiest of relationships, we go over things again and again. Laurie Graham

Grief Relationships Over Go After Happiest Again Even Things

Caring burns a lot of fuel - psychological and physical, too, if any lifting is involved. The energy tank is soon emptied, and the toll caring takes is well documented. It's called carer burn-out. Laurie Graham

Energy Too Caring Physical Lifting Takes Soon Involved Well Documented Tank Lot Any Psychological Burns Fuel Toll

Once, every woman owned a small mirrored compact, and it was considered normal - sophisticated even - to flip it open to discreetly check for things like nose-glow or lipstick smudge. Laurie Graham

Woman Every Once Considered Small Open Check Like Sophisticated Normal Discreetly Lipstick Owned Compact Flip Even Things

In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were sometimes smacked. Laurie Graham

Food Sometimes Seventies Ate Occasional Read Were Yes Junk Politically Politically Incorrect Children Stories Street Played Incorrect

I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about. Laurie Graham

Perspective Changed Guess Married About Write Subjects American

I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward, and I hear her voice telling the story. This is what has happened with all the books I've written in the first person. Laurie Graham

Work First Books Characters Telling Voice Written Idea Steps First-Person Hear Person Going Happened Story Then Forward Her

My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get. Laurie Graham

Book Dust Perfect Knowing Handful Author Get

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