"The author’s father, , was “a poet and an alcoholic”; her mother, Rosalie de Meric, a painter and an exhibitionist. Both parents were breathtaking narcissists and dirty fighters. Until they divorced, when Julia was 13, they scrapped loudly and vigorously. Rosalie would often thrust Julia in front of her to act as a shield from her husband’s fists. Once a punch missed and hit the child. “So sorry darling,” Thomas said. “No blood I hope?”"
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Julia Blackburn
(born 1948 in London) is a British author of several non-fiction books, two novels, and a memoir The Three of Us: A Family Story (2008), which won the 2009 . She was elected in 2002 a .
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