"My house is like a garret, made to my exact measurements, draped around me in the way I live. I never want it to change."* I love this memoir. Forster uses the various houses she has lived in as a measure of her journey through life. From humble beginnings to a more privileged later life she describes these sanctuaries with an honesty and passion but without sentimentality.
*Not sure where the quote came from, I had jotted it down and it seemed appropriate.
Ed Note: Puzzle: Does anyone know who wrote those words? If so, send us an email!
Mystery solved: Typing error, it should read garment not garret and the quote comes from an article in The Spectator
(Mary Standing - bwl 83 Winter 2017 ) |
