tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post6815187266477866387..comments2024-03-28T14:12:07.313+00:00Comments on A Writer's Life: The Literary AwardKathleen Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post-28698078161166427822009-07-15T09:31:10.558+01:002009-07-15T09:31:10.558+01:00Agree about The Bolter. I have just finished it to...Agree about The Bolter. I have just finished it too and it left a bad taste. Not glamorous at all, just sad. Mitford's image of a gorgeously naughty woman drifting in and out of her children's lives smelling heavenly and swathed in furs has a much uglier truth behind it.The casual emotional cruelty, the utter self-obsession. Because it was the writer's own relative, I felt she tried too hard to justify her behaviour and turn her into a sympathetic figure, when by the end I couldn't have cared less about the pathetic creature.angela lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765188909551544368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153022829143323463.post-69804146428146349402009-07-14T10:45:38.571+01:002009-07-14T10:45:38.571+01:00Yay for cardigans! Seriously though, sleepless nig...Yay for cardigans! Seriously though, sleepless nights are overrated. I've had many and I don't think a single one has contributed anything to the task of the following day. Also the bags under your eyes simply undermine all that expensive plastic surgery. <br />I guess the photo's you posted are actually from the dread event. Hope it all went well!Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.com