Young women especially have something invested in being nic… - Fay Weldon

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Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you’re not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.

Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon, CBE, FRSL (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was an English novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. An American movie adaptation of her novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil was filmed as She-Devil.

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Birth Name: Franklin Birkinshaw

Alternative Names: Fay Birkinshaw • Fay Davies • Fay Bateman

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