“Widows tend either to fade away when husbands die, committing emotional suttee, or else find that a new life burgeons. Here in Christchurch, a lot of burgeoning goes on.”

The Guardian, October 28, 2006. http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/homes/story/0,,1933478,00.html

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English author, essayist and playwright 1931

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