Wisdom, beauty, life - the poet's words.

Conway's life-changing adventure begins.

As prologues do, this chapter sets the scene. It's the origin story, so to speak.

A source of joy: Discovering ... rediscovering ... poetry.

I received a collection of Andersen's Fairy Tales for "Christmes 1965", as my 9-year-old self wrote in the flyleaf. The book has traveled with me throughout my life and it will be a joy to revisit some of these stories again. This one had to be the first. Reading shapes us and this story became part of my story.