Crozier and Gus are like father and son in the story, and they hold out together to the very end. Alicia had closed her heart to all but her own needs. I wanted to show why she had been forced to harden herself, and why it was so important for her to un-learn this lesson. Future generations will condemn us, and rightly so. Never underestimate people's passions.
Determination is fifty per cent of success.
I started to read enormous numbers of thrillers, and horror writers. Lately, I've bought all Anita Shreve's novels. But I go back to Katherine Mansfield and H.E.Bates regularly. They remain the greatest short story writers in the world. I want to read Anne Tyler's latest.