SHE BLOSSOMED FROM AN AWKWARD. SHY, SWEET YOUNG GIRL.  HER MOTHER WOULD TELL HER THE STORY OF THE UGLY DUCKLING GROWING INTO A BEAUTIFUL SWAN WHEN SHE RAN HOME FROM SCHOOL CRYING BECAUSE OF BEING BULLIED,TEASED AND PUT DOWN. SHE CALLS HER SYNDROME AURA  ALWAYS, UNIQUE, RESILIENT, AUTHENTIC.  MODELLING  IN THE LATE 60S AND EARLY 70S IN LONDON ENGLAND AND IS WRITING NOVELS BASED ON TRUE STORIES. SHE HAS NO IDEA WHEN THE FRIST WILL BE FINISHED SEEING SHE IS PERFECTIONIST AND BEING DYSLEXIC HAS TO KEEP CHECKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT THAT'S PART OF SOME OF HER DIFFICULTIES AND WAS TAUGHT DON'T COMPLAIN IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD. JUST GET ON WITH IT, THAT WAS THE BRITISH WAY........STAYING IN MANCHESTER WITH HER GRANDPARENTS .....