I keep the person of the author and their work well separated in my mind. That is, I don't care all that much what the author did or what sort of person they were. And yes, I still read MZB's work. Now I'd lie if I said her actions toward her own children had no emotional impact on me at all. They do and yes, they taint her work to some extent. But not so much I would refuse to read it. Not that MZB has ever been my favorite author. Still, I do own quite a lot of her books and have no intention of deleting them from my library, no matter what their author did or didn't do.
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