[ebooktalk] Re: Death of Derrick Longden
- From: "Elaine Harris \(Rivendell\)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:19:47 +1000
A wonderful man whose warmth, humour and compassion shone through his
writing.
Anyone who can interview a duck in the rain and have the piece syndicated
across the country on a day when most football matches were cancelled
because of the weather gets my vote. He is also the perfect reader of his
own work.
I shall miss knowing he is there but am so glad of his books.
Elaine
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On Behalf Of Trish Talbot
Sent: Saturday, 29 June 2013 5:07 AM
To: Ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ebooktalk] Death of Derrick Longden
I was very sad to hear this morning that Derrick Longden died at the
weekend. His books are by no means classics, but he wrote with a quirky
sense of humour about life as he witnessed it, including his cats as
characters and imagining what they would say to him. He also wrote two very
moving books, one about his wife, and the disabling condition that
eventually led to her death, the other about his mother, who had a stroke.
I know readers either love him or loath him, but His books should really
rank among my favourites, as I've read many of them several times over when
I was in need of a good laugh.
Trish.
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