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To live at all is to be bruised

Sarah Perry

to live at all is to be bruised

Tags: hurting, life, living

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About Sarah Perry

Sarah Grace Perry (born 28 November 1979) is an English author. She has had three novels published, all by Serpent's Tail: After Me Comes the Flood (2014), The Essex Serpent (2016) and Melmoth (2018). Her work has been translated into 22 languages.
She was appointed Chancellor of the University of Essex in July 2023, officially starting in this role on 1 August 2023.