Comments on: A Perfect Example http://thelostentwife.net/2010/01/21/a-perfect-example/ Wed, 23 May 2012 16:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sheila (Bookjourney) http://thelostentwife.net/2010/01/21/a-perfect-example/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Sheila (Bookjourney) Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:00:44 +0000 http://thelostentwife.net/?p=631#comment-201 Beautiful post! I dont know what drove me to books....I didnt have a reader in the family. It was me. The only thing I can think of is that we had a lot of family tragedy when I was young. I think books were my "safe place". I could get into them and leave all the other stuff behind. Beautiful post! I dont know what drove me to books….I didnt have a reader in the family. It was me. The only thing I can think of is that we had a lot of family tragedy when I was young. I think books were my “safe place”. I could get into them and leave all the other stuff behind.

]]> By: tina http://thelostentwife.net/2010/01/21/a-perfect-example/comment-page-1/#comment-199 tina Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:08:40 +0000 http://thelostentwife.net/?p=631#comment-199 My Mummy encouraged me! My mum always had her head stuck in a book, I think she knitted and read at the same time. She left school at 14, as all people did in Ireland. ( READ ANGELA"S ASHES IF YOU HAVEN"T ALREADY!) She learned from the books she read and was incredibly smart. Even when I moved over to the USA she would call me and tell me about some great book that she wanted me to read. For some reason, the book that comes to mind, when I say that, is The Horse Whisperer. She told me the entire story on the phone! My mum was sick for years before she died in 1998. One of my memories at the end is the library truck coming each week to deliver all her books! Other people in the family have taken over that role. My mother's sister and her daughter give me books now and inspire me. ( and Lydia of course!) My Mummy encouraged me!

My mum always had her head stuck in a book, I think she knitted and read at the same time. She left school at 14, as all people did in Ireland. ( READ ANGELA”S ASHES IF YOU HAVEN”T ALREADY!) She learned from the books she read and was incredibly smart.

Even when I moved over to the USA she would call me and tell me about some great book that she wanted me to read. For some reason, the book that comes to mind, when I say that, is The Horse Whisperer. She told me the entire story on the phone!

My mum was sick for years before she died in 1998. One of my memories at the end is the library truck coming each week to deliver all her books!

Other people in the family have taken over that role. My mother’s sister and her daughter give me books now and inspire me. ( and Lydia of course!)

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