I had a book I adored as a child about a girl who lives in a seaside town who meets a down-and-out and when I Googled recently I was surprised it was by Jacqueline Wilson (The Dream Palace, if anyone's interested) and an extensive Google made me realise a lot of the books I loved as a teenager were by her, but a rather different genre to the one she has now.
I LOVED The Other Side, about a girl who's mother has a nervous breakdown, Falling Apart, about a girl who attempts suicide, and This Girl, who tries to get a job as a London nanny to a wealthy couple.
Most of them are really dated now because they talk about things like YTS schemes and so on but have loved rediscovering them so wondered if anyone else was a fan?
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Jacqueline Wilson "before she was famous"
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lavenderandrose · 06/03/2017 17:19
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