Books were banned from my house, my mum thought they were ‘germ traps', so I was always sneaking into the library, hiding under a big plant; reading. I was escaping into another world as well as finding out stuff that was news to me. (Carole Morin)

Books were banned from my house, my mum thought they were ‘germ traps', so I was always sneaking into the library, hiding under a big plant; reading. I was escaping into another world as well as finding out stuff that was news to me.

Carole Morin

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