A Mother’s Day read-in
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- May
- 12
My Mother’s Day netted me perfect gifts — a well-recommended book and a decadent box of chocolates.
Yummy on both counts and I’ve only just begun each one.
My youngest son, a college senior majoring in English, started off the gift-giving early by sending along a copy of “The Woman in White” by Wilkie Collins (Bantam Books, Penguin Classics) first published in 1859. He had read it for a class and really liked the storytelling technique, so he decided to share the fun. The tale is about a mysterious woman who intrigues a stranger and then offers some prolific advice (or so I’m told because I haven’t read it yet— Mother’s Day was just yesterday). My son was intrigued that the role of the narrator changes adding another dimension to the thriller because it is difficult to trust everything you are reading. Seems the story was the basis for an Andrew Lloyd Webber show a few years past.
I trust his recommendation — he got me to read “The Kite Runner” and to re-read John Irving books.
My older son, a musician, saw the book come in ahead of time, so smartly found something to go along with my reading. He selected a wonderful box of Godiva chocolates. Lovely bite-sized pieces in a gold box with a gorgeous spring ribbon. I already ate my old-time favorite, a dark chocolate nugget…but there are other good ones, I’m sure.
I am all set for reading and nibbling, thanks to my sons.
Now where are my reading glasses?
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A municipal reporter for The Journal News since 1997, 
