Prior to her hens’ party, my lovely niece Laura invited me for a coffee. We chatted about what my mother called 'our family and other animals’. Laura asked if I could find for her the quote from Virginia Woolf that her grandmother, Lawre, had chosen as epigraph for her memoir. ‘Yes, yes,’ I said. ‘Of … Continue reading Two Weddings and a Hens’ Party
Category: Literary Fiction
Reading for Writers or for One Reader
When I first began teaching, my father told me that if I affected the life of just one child then it was worth it. That's what success was to him. He rarely gave advice. I was surprised he even knew what I was doing, so I nodded in agreement. It turned out that I needed … Continue reading Reading for Writers or for One Reader
WRITINGS AND MUSINGS OF MARGARET MCCAFFREY 