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J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter

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Who is my idol? Who do I admire? I couldn't answer these questions for a long time. At first I didn't know about whom I will write this work. Should I write about someone famous like actor or singer? Or a literary character? And then I figured it out. She's a famous person and many people know her. However only few people know how it was difficult in her life. Her name is J.K.Rowling. J.K.Rowling is known for not only one generation. The Harry Potter stories are well known to children and adults. Movies about a young magician won many prestigious prizes and awards. Now, is J.K.Rowling the second richest person in the United Kingdom - second only to Queen Elizabeth II. But how it all started? She was born in Chipping, Sodbury but she moved with her parents and sister. Even as a small child she likes to play the magician and fictional landscape. She had a good imagination and she shared her ideas with friends. However the death of her mother was a difficult moment for her. She had only 45 years when she died. Joanne studied in Paris for a year and then she decided to move to London. She didn't enjoy her work like secretary. But one day it happened. She received an idea. In the train. She got the idea to write a story about a young boy attending a wizarding school. She already started to work on her idea during the lunch break at work. As she didn't like her job she moved to the town of Porto in Portugal to teach English as a foreign language. At this place she fell in love with journalist Jorge Arantes. She was very happy when she found that she is pregnant. She married Jorge and a few months later was born a little girl - Jessica. Happiness filled her life. But as people say: After the laugh comes tears. In her marriage have arisen difficulties. Jorge began to drink and act violent things. Her life turned into the hell. One night was even forced to call police on him. She wanted to run away from him, but he didn't let her leave. Worr

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