Emma Donoghue Quotes

If The Potato Blight Had Been Such A Long Catastrophe, Ending Only Seven Years Ago, It Occurred To Lib That A Child Now Eleven Must Have Been Born Into Hunger. Weaned On It, Reared On It; That Had To Shape A Person. Every Thrifty Inch Of Anna's Body Had Learned To Make Do With Less. She's Never Been Greedy Or Clamoured For Treats - That Was How Rosaleen O'Donnell Had Praised Her Daughter. Anna Must Have Been Petted Every Time She Said She'd Had Plenty. Earned A Smile For Every Morsel She Passed On To Her Brother Or The Maid.

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