Yes this chapter is very powerful. I also loved the part about the little old woman chewing gum. And I like the way that the role of the Maudie story is explained as the place where gossamer memory can become a story that coheres. But my favourite parts are the sudden leaps to the adult raconteur!
The comment describing cruel matron as ‘a little old woman chewing gum’ so encapsulated your Bro’s ability to reduce the biggest fear into insignificance and comedy… had me grinning ear to ear!
Yes this chapter is very powerful. I also loved the part about the little old woman chewing gum. And I like the way that the role of the Maudie story is explained as the place where gossamer memory can become a story that coheres. But my favourite parts are the sudden leaps to the adult raconteur!
I agree, wow! What an effective change of pace, a deepening and darkening.
Thank you, Helen. Yes, something painfully honest happens in those deeper, darker places.
Wow! That’s so powerful! I was gripped…
The comment describing cruel matron as ‘a little old woman chewing gum’ so encapsulated your Bro’s ability to reduce the biggest fear into insignificance and comedy… had me grinning ear to ear!
I’m so glad this one had you grinning! It is powerful the way this memory of my beloved brother manages to bring Cruel Matron down to size.
There’s more of that flawed, performative adult to come!