The Pace Of A Hen

"CERTAIN AUTHORS," says Pascal, "speaking of their works, say 'My Book.' They would do better to say 'Our Book' because there is in them generally more of other people's than their own." Truly, this book is not my book but our book. It is the book of my friends, my family, my favorite writers. It is a book which grew out of the Pendle Hill pamphlet Martha and Mary, which in its turn grew out of the pooled wisdom of a group of women who sat and talked one sunny autumn afternoon about a woman's re