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DISCONNECTED
SHERRY ASHWORTH
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Source ISBN: 9780007333783
Ebook Edition © MAY 2016 ISBN: 9780007393466 Version: 2016-05-16
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Contents
To Mrs Dawes, my English Teacher
It’s hard to know where to begin, or how to describe what happened to me. I’m not even sure who I want to talk to. Or what I want to say. But maybe if I try to put all the different parts together it will make some sort of sense to me. So here’s my story, and it’s for each of you to whom I owe an explanation.
But, remember, I’m not sorry.
To Mrs Dawes, my English Teacher
Thinking of you makes me want to write down what I have to say. Do you remember the advice you used to give us when we wrote essays? Spend a long time on the introduction, as it’s the first thing that gets read. Never answer the question in the first sentence. Make it clear what you’re writing about by restating the question in your own words. You taught me how to be analytical. So here goes.
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