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28 August 2024

Sarah Moss Q&A: “I’ve outgrown heroes – we’re all flawed and fallen”

The writer on living in words and backpacking in Iceland.

By New Statesman

The writer and academic Sarah Moss was born in Glasgow in 1975. Her non-fiction includes work on chocolate and polar exploration, and as a novelist she is best known for her 2018 book Ghost Wall.

Sitting in the back of a car on a hot day with the door open, my mother wearing a black cape and passing me green grapes. I think it was her graduation.

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