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Roseanne T. Sullivan's avatar

Thanks for the correction. I don't remember where I picked up that error. I guess I needed an editor, which I don't have, never mind not having one as good as she was. Are there any more of the "number of outright errrors" you mentioned that you would care to tell me about?

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david charles terry's avatar

There are a number of outright errors in this essay. It simply isn't the case that Ellis "began to write" only after her son's death. Her first novel, "The Sin Eater" was published and widely read in 1977, when Joshua hadn't yet even had the accident that led to his death (which occurred another ten months after that).

Additionally, she had published 2 other books (cookery.....but that's still writing) by 1977.

In any case, it's wildly misleading (and weirdly melodramatic) to state that she didn't begin writing until her son died.

This is exactly the sort of "mistake" that Ellis abhored.

Sincerely,

David Terry

www.davidterryart.com

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