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Fictional Therapy

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Your literary agony aunt. I solve your problems with advice from classic books.

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About Emma Hemingford

Playwright, screenwriter & actor represented by United Agents. When I'm not writing you'll find me working in a children's bookshop, 90s romcom style.

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