25th April – She is wearing rags and feathers, From Salvation Army counters.

I could only find one serious review, I tell her, and I read from that. The reviewer calls it ‘borderline imbecilic,’ with chapters on shopping, picnics, and T-shirts, which he says are delivered with a sense of shame.

13th Oct – No chance to emigrate, I’m deep in debt and now it’s much too late.

That’s the sort of attitude that can cure apostacy as deep set as mine.