Prior to her hens’ party, my lovely niece Laura invited me for coffee. We chatted about what my mother called 'my family and other animals’. Laura asked if I could find the quote from Virginia Woolf that her grandmother, Lawre, had chosen as epigraph for her memoir. ‘Yes, yes,’ I said. ‘Of course I will.' … Continue reading Two Weddings, a Hens’ Party and Virginia Woolf
Tag: novels
Treasure Island
By Robert Louis Stevenson As a memoirist primarily, I didn’t imagine my first review to be about a novel. In delving into the etymology of the term ‘pieces of eight’ for a personal essay I was writing, I became glued to the audio version of Treasure Island, an adventure story presumably intended for children. It … Continue reading Treasure Island
Lily Campbell’s Secret, by Jennifer Bryce
Elwood Writers founding member, Jennifer Bryce, last year published her first novel Lily Campbell's Secret. This Australian story is set post World War One, at a time when Australians were putting their lives back together again after their men had fought in Gallipoli and on the Western Front. With war as a backdrop, newly married … Continue reading Lily Campbell’s Secret, by Jennifer Bryce
WRITINGS AND MUSINGS OF MARGARET MCCAFFREY 