Jacky Cooks Her Books

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Elizabeth Smart?

Food writer? ... do read on ...

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Oct 31, 2023
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On Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept is an extraordinary piece of writing and it certainly divided opinion when I proposed it for my book club. Published in 1945, it was written by a woman in love with language, with poetry and a poet. Elizabeth Smart’s Canadian family were wealthy and respectable but she longed to live a different life. 

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