REACHING FOR THE STARS
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worldwide. “There are a lot of letters
from women who say they have some-
how been able to forge a better rela-
tionship with their dad because they
read the books together and then talk
about them,” he says.
“Then there’s the really sad ones.
Letters that say, ‘Dad loved your
books. He got sick and they got us
through the chemotherapy read-
ing them together.’ Or, their dad is
dying and he’s desperate for the next
book, so I send them an early copy.
A month or so later I get a letter say-
ing he read it and then passed away.’
To feel that you’ve somehow made a
difference to somebody’s life like that
is a lovely thing.”Child’s latest novelPast Tenseis on sale
now. His 24th Reacher bookBlue Moon
will be available in November 2019. To
listen to the extended interview with
Child, visitreadersdigest.com.au/
podcastsorreadersdigest.com.au/
podcastsorrdasia.com/podcastsLEE CHILD, FAN OF
READER’S DIGEST
“I love Reader’s Digest. My
grandma had a subscription and
every few months we’d go and
visit and I’d read through all the
back issues. I learnt a lot. The
Reader’s Digest condensed book
editions have done me so much
good as a teaser or taster for
people and they brought me a
lot of readers.” Lee Child’s The
Midnight Line will be published in
the July condensed book edition.TRUTH HAS MANY MEANINGSA German proverb opines: ‘Truth is to the ears what smoke is to the
eyes and vinegar to the teeth.’ Hindus don’t agree about the taste,
with the saying: ‘Truth is sweeter than sugar.’ Lord Byron said in 1823:
‘Truth is stranger than fiction.’ Sometimes this is true, but then Byron
hadn’t read The Lord of the Rings.
FROM PREPOSTEROUS PROVERBS BY MAX CRYER (EXISLE), 2011