The children love him and all of his works. Me, I confess that prior to motherhood my only encounter with him was watching, not reading, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Shameful admission but there it is. His work just didn't cross my reading radar as a child. The past 5 years or so have made up for that and I think we have been through the entire canon of children's books.
'Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl' by Donald Sturrock was the book of the week on Radio 4 last week and I urge you to listen again on the iplayer via the link while you can. Although it had been on in the background, I wasn't really paying attention on Monday or Tuesday but Wednesday's reading stopped me in my tracks. It's another reminder as if it were needed, that people live very complex lives and even the most outwardly gilded have personal tragedy of the worst kind to bear and in this case, overcome.
Now, I may have to buy the book!
Sunday, 12 September 2010
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