I’ve always loved this song, the lyrics are so evocative. The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. The Memory has been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2020. Eventually, over some time, the story developed into The Memory. After she died, I wrote a short story loosely based on our life together, which was accepted by Honno, for an anthology. I kept a journal so we could talk about what we’d done each day. Eventually she developed dementia and I became her carer. When we moved to Pembrokeshire, she came with us. The one person who encouraged me to write was my aunt: she always told me I could achieve whatever I wanted. This also coincided with an event that left me very wary of people for a long time. I think what struck me then, something I mulled over for quite a while, was that people are not always what they seem. But then Sam and the charming Miss Smith, who is a witch in disguise, open a rival business. They sell all sorts of lovely things, such as boxes of wonderful dreams fastened with green ribbon. Basically, it was about an enchanted forest where Judy (guess why I liked the book!) helps her granny run The Shop Under the Willow Tree. I had to search for this online, my copy has long gone. Longlist and shortlist / Y Rhestrau Hir a ByrĪs a young child I remember reading The Tree That Sat Down.
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