Roald Dahl Knew This
I was struck by this bit from THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB by Karen Joy Fowler:
"Sylvia thought how all parents wanted an impossible life for their children--happy beginning, happy middle, happy ending. No plot of any kind. What uninteresting people would result if parents got their way."
"Sylvia thought how all parents wanted an impossible life for their children--happy beginning, happy middle, happy ending. No plot of any kind. What uninteresting people would result if parents got their way."