When you write a memoir you have to think about your respon… - Gillian Slovo

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When you write a memoir you have to think about your responsibility to your audience that you'd be completely honest, and to people in your life. Your honesty is going to affect them.

Gillian Slovo

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Gillian Slovo (born 15 March 1952) is a South African-born memoirist, novelist and playwright. She has lived in London since her family was exiled; her mother, anti-apartheid activist Ruth First, was assassinated in 1982 by a parcel bomb sent by the South African Police. Slovo has received a Golden Pen Award.

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