I loved this book when I read it a decade ago and your memory of having Jane Eyre "thrust" at you b your father made me laugh. Mine gave it to me more gently when I was 10 and sick in bed with a cold. He inscribed it, for Martha and please don't be too scared. I too was reminded of Jane Eyre when I read the Autobiography of my Mother. My friend Rosellen Brown titled either her first or second novel The Autobiog. of My Mother, incidentally, culturally a very different milieu and story, about some very strong Jewish women. Thanks for this post; it brings back some fine memories.
I loved this book when I read it a decade ago and your memory of having Jane Eyre "thrust" at you b your father made me laugh. Mine gave it to me more gently when I was 10 and sick in bed with a cold. He inscribed it, for Martha and please don't be too scared. I too was reminded of Jane Eyre when I read the Autobiography of my Mother. My friend Rosellen Brown titled either her first or second novel The Autobiog. of My Mother, incidentally, culturally a very different milieu and story, about some very strong Jewish women. Thanks for this post; it brings back some fine memories.