Biographisches

Heute bin ich endlich mit der "Suche nach Amerika" fertig geworden. Irgendwie habe ich mir bei dem Buch was anderes vorgestellt, obwohl manche Kapitel nicht uninteressant waren.

Auf der Straßenbahnfahrt am Nachmittag werde ich daher mit der Biographie einer meiner Liebings-Krimi-Schriftstellerinnen beginnen:

Mary Higgins CLARK
Kitchen Privilges
A Memoir

Product Description: Even as a young girl, growing up in the Bronx, Mary Higgins Clark knew she wanted to be a writer. The gift of storytelling was a part of her Irish ancestry, so it followed naturally that she would later use her sharp eye, keen intelligence, and inquisitive nature to create stories about the people and things she observed. When Mary's father died during the Depression, her mother decided to open the family home to boarders, and placed a discreet sign next to the front door that read, FURNISHED ROOMS. KITCHEN PRIVILEGES. The family's struggle to make ends meet; her employment as a hotel switchboard operator; the death of her beloved older brother in World War II; her brief career as a flight attendant for Pan Am; her marriage to Warren Clark; sitting at the kitchen table, writing stories, and finally selling the first one for one hundred dollars (after six years and some forty rejections!) - all these experiences figure in Kitchen Privileges.