Matt Haig
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But she was a very strong-willed, let's say.
Kind, but strong-willed.
She was the person you'd go to if your tooth needed pulling out.
And she would do the whole thing with the string and the door handle.
Literally with the string and the door handle.
I think she did once, yes.
But I can remember her always being the person.
Emma was blood involved.
And she was not particularly strong on corporal punishment.
But I can remember wooden spoons, her standing there, her silhouette in the doorway when she babysat for me and my sister.
If we'd been naughty, she would stand in the doorway.
We'd see this big silhouette of my nan.
She'd be holding a wooden spoon.
not actually to use it on us, but to sort of look threatening and menacing in the doorway.
But she was a great, kind person in lots of ways and very strong-willed.
And I have lots of very happy memories.
She was never divorced, but she separated from my mum's adoptive father.
They had a very difficult marriage.