The Drying Rooms

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Memories of an English boarding school

About Emma Parsons

Emma Parsons used to earn her living as a journalist, editor and teacher. She now writes full time. She is currently serialising her memoir on Substack, The Drying Rooms, about her time at a British Boarding School aged eight.

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