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GROWING up as one of 12 children in a Traveller family who were always moving from place to place, Margaret Donovan received almost no education as a child, barely spending any time in school. Even the basics of literacy were not something she was given the opportunity to learn, and so she reached her late 30s without any education and, it seemed, little likelihood she would ever read or write. She was finally pushed to begin learning, however, when she wasn’t able to help her beloved little daughter with her homework and at 55, Margaret is living a rather different life to what she was on course for as she approached 40. She is now literate and wants to continue learning. She has held a job for many years. She drives a car and has a full license. She has taken several holidays and lived in a house for 12 years having always called a caravan home before that. Very …
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