They say that childhood forms us, that those early influences are the key to everything. Is the peace of the soul so easily won? Simply the inevitable result of a happy childhood. What makes childhood happy? Parental harmony? Good health? Security? Might not a happy childhood be the worst possible preparation for life? Like leading a lamb to the slaughter.

Death
Hart died aged 69 from primary peritoneal cancer on 2 June 2011. Books
Damage Vintage Books 1991
Sin Vintage Books 1992
Oblivion Vintage Books 1995
The Stillest Day Chatto & Windus 1998
The Reconstructionist Chatto & Windus 2001
Catching Life by the Throat: Poems from Eight Great Poets W. She wrote the novel Damage which was the basis for the 1992 film of the same name directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeremy Irons Miranda Richardson and Juliette Binoche.

She wrote the novel Damage which was the basis for the 1992 film of the same name directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeremy Irons Miranda Richardson and Juliette Binoche.