Lively, bright and crammed with colorful collectables, the house was less formal than her other properties. Yet, with its calming sea views, this was where she most liked to write. Its loss doesn’t seem to have slowed her down, though. The 76-year-old author still manages to turn out a novel every year. Her latest, Happiness, arrived in July 2023. "I want to go on forever, just writing," she has said.

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