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NewmanL/A/A2/Staite/5
Unique identifier
GB 275 NewmanL/A/A2/Staite/5
Title
ALS to Lyn Newman
Date(s)
- 27 Mar. 1967 (Creation)
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2 p paper
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Mentions 'Ten Letter Writers'. Congratulates Lyn on 'Alison Cairns'. Regrets not having met Alison and recalls some of the characters that she did meet, including Bess Tapper and the Deutschman sisters. Points out a parallel between a passage in Marie Corellie's 'The Treasure of Heaven' and the title of Lyn's 'So much love, so little money'. Describes the behaviour of her draconian land lady after her stroke. Refers Lyn to a cutting from the Daily Telegraph book reviews about Charles Morgan. Empathises with Lyn's passion for writing through her own passion for writing music, which stopped during the war when she was working for the government. Mentions the oil spillage on the Devon and Cornwall coast.