For the past few weeks, I have been wearing a necklace that was a gift from my mother, Juliet, on my wedding day. She repurposed a brooch she herself had inherited into a pendant for me: a finely-wrought gold dragon holding a glowing red little ruby in its mouth. It’s beautiful and I have felt strangely compelled to wear it …
Read More »My mother gave me away to the cleaner’s sister at six weeks old. She never wanted me – I cannot now grieve her death: After a loveless childhood SUSANNAH JOWITT admits the unthinkable
