I came back from a visit to my mother in Canada to find a n… - Shirley Conran

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I came back from a visit to my mother in Canada to find a note on the mantelpiece from Kevin [O'Sullivan]. It said: "By the time you read this I will be in Moscow. My wedding ring is in the waste-paper basket where it belongs." Kevin didn't divorce me, he deserted me. We divorced by mutual consent.

Shirley Conran

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Dame Shirley Ida Conran DBE (née Pearce; 21 September 1932 – 9 May 2024) was a British novelist and journalist.

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Birth Name: Shirley Ida Pearce

Alternative Names: Dame Shirley Ida Conran

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