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On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:42:59 -0500, Susan Hartman
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I read this paragraph this morning, and immediately smiled and re-read
it, and re-read it again. Perfection!

"It was one of the pinafores Saffy had sewn when Merry first arrived,
made from a lovely piece of Liberty fabric ordered years ago, not
because Saffy had a project in mind, but because it was simply too
beautiful not to possess. It had languished ever since in the sewing
cupboard, waiting patiently for Saffy to find it a purpose. And now she
had."


From "The Distant Hours", by Kate Morton (who also wrote "The Forgotten
Garden", which has been discussed in this forum). page 353.

The book is a Gothic novel about an eccentric English family in a castle
during WWII and the child who lived with them during the war, with a
parallel story set in the 1990s that continues the family saga a
half-century on with the daughter of the child they'd sheltered. (How's
that for a nutshell encapsulation?)

Hope I've whet your curiosity!

I just heard an interview with the author of this book and need to
read it !

Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell

My local favorite radio station also just interviewed this author last
week -- I can't wait to read it either! If I can stomach the 20" snowfall
we just got buried under and below 0 temps out there, I may just venture to
Barnes & Noble today for it.

Jinx