The little old lady who lived in a railway carriage

Crocuses fronting Heysham Chapel, with the Irish Sea visible beyond. This blog post begins a series of excerpts from my book Wonderment , an autobiography that is available worldwide in paperback and eBook format. This passage is set in northern England in the early 1940s.


One bright English afternoon my mother took me to have tea with a remarkable lady who lived down the hill from our bakery shop. This meant a brisk walk toward H...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>