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  Following the death of her husband, John Thaw, Sheila Hancock wrote a memoir of their marriage, The Two of Us, which was a no. 1 bestseller and won the British Book Award for Author of the Year in 2004. Her memoir of her widowhood, Just Me, also a bestseller, was published in 2008. She lives in London and France.

  By the Same Author

  Ramblings of an Actress

  The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw

  Just Me

  First published in Great Britain 2014

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