The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

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A child-free woman

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How I accidentally-on-purpose became a voice on choosing to be childfree

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Emma Gannon
Mar 02, 2022
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In the Summer of 2020 when my debut novel OLIVE first came out in hardback, I accidentally-on-purpose became a voice on choosing to be childfree. Olive is a childfree-by-choice protagonist. I knew that writing a novel about a topic would mean I was in the firing line to be asked questions — we can’t help but think the woman is writing about her persona…

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