"To my sister Mary, who has always believed that I can do anything she puts her mind to."
From the time I read The Egg and I, I have related to that dedication by its author, Betty MacDonald, because I, too, have a sister Mary. And she, too, has always believed in her sister. So when my husband called one day in 1999 and said, "I've sent you several chapters of a book I'm writing about Robert the Bruce, and I want you to tell me what you think of them," I said, "Okay." I was not living at home at the time, and he sent them to me via email. I downloaded more...