In a lot of ways I was a generation ahead of my generation; I had a working mother wheneveryone else’s mother was staying at home.

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

Rennie didn't quite dare to answer back, but she looked a whole book and a couple of extra chapters.

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling me what to do.

Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.