Remember That What You Have

I Have A Good Collection Of Cookery Books. This Is Not So Much Because I Like Cooking, But Because I Like Eating.

I Thought It Was Something Peculiar To Me. I Thought I Was Abnormal.

It Took A Brave Editor In The U.s. To Sign A Contract For Dancing Girls, And Without Her Belief In The Book, I'm Not Sure It Would Ever Have Found Its Way Into Print.

Much Of My Reading Time Over The Last Decade And A Half Has Been Spent Reading Aloud To My Children. Those Children's Bedtime Rituals Of Supper, Bath, Stories, And Sleep Have Been A Staple Of My Life And Some Of The Best, Most Special Times I Can Remember.

I Used To Think About How I Was Conceived Quite A Lot When I Was About 10 Or 11, But I Don't Think About It At All Now That So Many Other Babies Have Been Born In The Same Way.