“Imagination was a curse and she wished devoutly she had not been ‘blessed’ with it. Blessed. Who did the blessing, she wondered.”

Not Wanted On the Voyage, Timothy Findley

One of my favourite books. I met the author and he signed my book. I told him that I loved it.

“What did you like about it?” He asked me , smiling.

‘It’s funny, I know some people find the book depressing, but I really didn’t. I found it uplifting.“ I stammered, fan girl-ing a bit.

"I love that you did.” He said, and wrote in my book: Against the odds.

I think I lost it in the flood.