I have neglected posting

I realize that I promised to post and have not done so. For that reason, I will make the last post worth a few extra points, as a reward for those who have gotten to the end...

Here is my book (Five Quarters of the Orange) post today:

She uses anecdotes to explain the village culture. For example, when talking about feelings about the War (WWII) she gives the story of a girl who’s parents locked her in the attic for 50 years after finding out she’d collaborated with the Germans. “She was sixteen. Fifty years later they brought her out, old and mad, when her father finally died.” Now that is a story that paints a picture of the culture! Anecdotes like that—true or not—can tell more than any amount of explaining.