This was the favourite novel of SKS
herself, and of critics Margaret MacKenzie
and George Moore
. On 25 July 1928 Moore inscribed to Kaye-Smith a copy of his Memoirs of my Dead Life...
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Daisy Ashford
She shared the works in the notebook with friends and family, and they found her youthful exuberance and earnest voice amusing.
Malcomson, R. M. Daisy Ashford: Her Life. Chatto & Windus, 1984.
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She lent the story to a friend, the writer and reviewer Margaret MacKenzie
