Paula Byrne: belief

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…No, I love it. They’ll love it. Keep on going. “ — then don’t even do anything.” I was like, “You’re writing me these 30-page letters. Why didn’t you write a book, love? Just do something with your life.” I knew it was a female academic, and it was. It just took so much of her time. She later said alcohol had played a part. I think she would just get completely smashed and then decide to take me down and write these letters. Honestly, they were hilarious. They were so funny that I was like, “I have to use these letters in a book. This is a waste. This is so, so funny, this stalking of me.” I was like, “It’s hilarious.” It was so bonkers. It was like Baby Reindeer before Baby Reindeer. Now, if I had known of this at the time, I would’ve inferred that you were a nonconformist and, in some way, some mix of quite interesting and ambitious, and wanted to meet you. Did other people in England react that way? Did you become a heroine, or did they just assume the letters were somehow some correct critique of you?…

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