Daria Burke

And so I think I could... grasp onto some of the images that I saw on TV. And I was such a reader that I think it fed my escapism as well in that way. And every chance we got in school to do anything different, whether it was a field trip to a museum or to a farm or the zoo or

And so I think I could... grasp onto some of the images that I saw on TV. And I was such a reader that I think it fed my escapism as well in that way. And every chance we got in school to do anything different, whether it was a field trip to a museum or to a farm or the zoo or

It just all felt so expansive for me, and I really held so tightly to the possibility that there was another way to live, even though I didn't have a lot of evidence that it was real.

It just all felt so expansive for me, and I really held so tightly to the possibility that there was another way to live, even though I didn't have a lot of evidence that it was real.

It just all felt so expansive for me, and I really held so tightly to the possibility that there was another way to live, even though I didn't have a lot of evidence that it was real.

Okay, so by the time I was 10 years old, I was reading Danielle Steele.

Okay, so by the time I was 10 years old, I was reading Danielle Steele.

Okay, so by the time I was 10 years old, I was reading Danielle Steele.

And I don't know where I got these books from. Someone in my mother's life must have been a part of one of those membership clubs, you know, where you could sign up for. Remember, Columbia House Records had it for CDs, and then there was one for books. So I had come across Full Circle. It was the first book of hers that I read. And it was like a salmon pink cover. And that was what I was reading.

And I don't know where I got these books from. Someone in my mother's life must have been a part of one of those membership clubs, you know, where you could sign up for. Remember, Columbia House Records had it for CDs, and then there was one for books. So I had come across Full Circle. It was the first book of hers that I read. And it was like a salmon pink cover. And that was what I was reading.

And I don't know where I got these books from. Someone in my mother's life must have been a part of one of those membership clubs, you know, where you could sign up for. Remember, Columbia House Records had it for CDs, and then there was one for books. So I had come across Full Circle. It was the first book of hers that I read. And it was like a salmon pink cover. And that was what I was reading.

I was not reading Sweet Valley High and Judy Blume. I was reading Danielle Steele. You're down the romance novel. Girl. And then Terry McMillan. Yes.

I was not reading Sweet Valley High and Judy Blume. I was reading Danielle Steele. You're down the romance novel. Girl. And then Terry McMillan. Yes.

I was not reading Sweet Valley High and Judy Blume. I was reading Danielle Steele. You're down the romance novel. Girl. And then Terry McMillan. Yes.

It's my most frequently asked question, and it never ceases to make me laugh.

It's my most frequently asked question, and it never ceases to make me laugh.

It's my most frequently asked question, and it never ceases to make me laugh.

Definitely. It started really young. In fact, it started so young, I don't remember. I think my ability to put myself together in a way that would eliminate doubt about what kind of care I was receiving at home... was really a bit of a gift. I think I had that natural instinct to do it.

Definitely. It started really young. In fact, it started so young, I don't remember. I think my ability to put myself together in a way that would eliminate doubt about what kind of care I was receiving at home... was really a bit of a gift. I think I had that natural instinct to do it.

Definitely. It started really young. In fact, it started so young, I don't remember. I think my ability to put myself together in a way that would eliminate doubt about what kind of care I was receiving at home... was really a bit of a gift. I think I had that natural instinct to do it.