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article_snippet: I went through a great life transition and I didn't know to process certain parts,' the 37-year-old author tells the Daily Mail Online.
article_snippet: I had a year where I was convinced that I was never going to leave my house again, [that] I was never going to sleep again [and that]
article_snippet: I had a crazy idea...
article_snippet: I cannot believe that I juggled it, that I fought so hard for the time to do it.'
article_snippet: It was a story that I needed to live out,' a child says.