REACHING FOR THE STARS
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worldwide.“Therearea lotofletters
fromwomenwhosaytheyhavesome-
howbeenabletoforgea betterrela-
tionshipwiththeirdadbecausethey
readthebookstogetherandthentalk
aboutthem,”hesays.
“Thenthere’sthereallysadones.
Lettersthatsay,‘Dadlovedyour
books.Hegotsickandtheygotus
throughthechemotherapyread-
ingthemtogether.’Or,theirdadis
dyingandhe’sdesperateforthenext
book,soI sendthemanearlycopy.
AmonthorsolaterI geta lettersay-
inghereadit andthenpassedaway.’
Tofeelthatyou’vesomehowmadea
differencetosomebody’slifelikethat
isa lovelything.”Child’slatestnovelPastTenseis onsale
now.His24thReacherbookBlueMoon
willbeavailableinNovember2019.To
listentotheextendedinterviewwith
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