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I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion with 600 other kids, no home-cooked food, no made-to-order clothes. It was a shock, but I adjusted.

I lost my parents when I was fairly young.

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

Til I was 10 years, I didn't know I had only two siblings. I always thought I had 10 and that they were all my family.

I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.