Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
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J.K. Rowling’s parents, Peter James Rowling and Anne Volant, met on a train that was travelling from King's Cross, London to Scotland. They were just 18.
Her father had recently joined the Navy, her mother was a WREN; both were to be stationed at Arbroath. They married one year later, when her father left the Navy to join Rolls-Royce in Bristol as an apprentice engineer, and on 31 July 1965, Joanne Rowling was born…
Joanne Rowling was born at Yate General Hospital, near Bristol, England. Known today as ‘Jo’ to her family and friends, she later added a ‘K’ to make ‘J.K. Rowling’ her pen name at the request of her publisher.
Her father had recently joined the Navy, her mother was a WREN; both were to be stationed at Arbroath. They married one year later, when her father left the Navy to join Rolls-Royce in Bristol as an apprentice engineer, and on 31 July 1965, Joanne Rowling was born…
Joanne Rowling was born at Yate General Hospital, near Bristol, England. Known today as ‘Jo’ to her family and friends, she later added a ‘K’ to make ‘J.K. Rowling’ her pen name at the request of her publisher.
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“My sister Dianne, or ‘Di’, arrived a year and eleven months after me. The day of her birth is one of my earliest memories, or my earliest datable memory, anyway.
I distinctly remember being in the kitchen, playing with a bit of plasticine, while my father rushed in and out of the room, hurrying backwards and forwards to my mother who was giving birth in their bedroom.”
I distinctly remember being in the kitchen, playing with a bit of plasticine, while my father rushed in and out of the room, hurrying backwards and forwards to my mother who was giving birth in their bedroom.”