tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910221557632849202.post3871062140848077057..comments2023-12-25T01:16:54.487+00:00Comments on A fool on a hill: 'Jelly', by Jo CotterillSue Purkisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910221557632849202.post-55277247800510158162018-09-24T08:25:50.080+01:002018-09-24T08:25:50.080+01:00Sounds like a great book that should be in childre...Sounds like a great book that should be in children's hands, Sue -- but it doesn't surprise me that Jelly's mother doesn't 'see' her daughter and buys her doughnuts. I think, just as lovers often see the person they want to love rather than the real person, some parents see the child they want to see rather than the real child, whether that be a child that's younger, older, more capable, less capable or whatever. Jo is a clever writer!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com