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Katrina,
I agree that Dorothy Sayers’ story is different from others that we had read about. Sayers story was interesting. When I was reading through this chapter about her life, I first thought it was a novel rather than a bibliography. Sayers life and work are so inspiring to many people. She is a woman who never gives up on anything; Sayers was so determined and driven. I can have noticed this behavior trait when she attended Godolphin school, before Oxford University. At Godolphin, Sayers experienced social isolation, and that is when she started to turn to writing and reading Christian books. Sayers became famous later on with her life. Even though you said that the Anglican church did not play much part in her earlier life, I still admire

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