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Major life decisions I’ve made because of books

1) Choice of second language at university

My decision to study Russian as my second foreign language was down to a combination of things. One of those was Mrs. Pearce, a French teacher who covered a few of our A-level classes back in the day. At the time, I was toying with the idea of doing Spanish or Italian, but Mrs. Pearce told me that if I could speak one romance language, I…

Lauren Phillips-Freeman

Lauren Phillips-Freeman is a language teacher and writer with a love of words in all their forms. She uses writing to help her process her own tangled emotions.