Second cool thing? She and I had what she referred to as a 'moment'.
I was about the 6th person in line for the book signing (behind 2 Americans), and when I got up to where she was sitting, she asked me how I was doing. "Great," I replied. "I think ALL the Americans in the whole county are here today!"
"Oh, where are you from?"
"New York"
"Really? Where?"
"New Rochelle...[a knowing nod]...but I've spent a lot of time up in Hanover [NH, where she lives - it's on her bio]"
"Oh wow - were you there for college?"
"Nope, I went to camp just down the road - in a little town called Post Mills."
"POST MILLS?! Which camp?"
So I told her. Much shrieking of recognition.
It turns out that her daughter has been a camper there for the last two years and is going back for her third summer this year. It's a teeny-tiny world. She thought it was really funny that she was meeting someone who'd been so close to home, so far away.
2 comments:
If there were a "New Hampshire Times", this would definitely make it into their "Rural Diary" :)
wow! how cool an experience. that does prove what a small world it is - lovely too that you got to chat with an authoress whose bks you so enjoy. M x
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