Lockdown diaries: the audiobook distributor

I am not going to write about the illness; the headaches, the pain in my lungs and chest, the loss of smell (wine has still not yet been consumed), the breathlessness, the trip to A&E… Yep a seven long week Covid drama and if I had to use an emoji to illustrate the whole sodding experience, it would be the ‘cross eyed, tongue sticking out, tilted face’ one. You get my drift. I am very bored of being ill. All I want to do is get better and I have been told I will, so I must be patient and allow my lungs to heal in their own time. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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