Sarah Perry: ‘Chelmsford made me, because I seldom went elsewhere’

3:58am PDT - September 15th, 2018    modern family - The Guardian (AU)

The Essex Serpent author recalls playing truant in the library, and feeling an offhand affection for the town that has since warmed into pride “An Essex girl, huh?” said my fellow students, as I arrived at Anglia Polytechnic in Cambridge in 1998. They eyed me…