Cousin conversations
My Scottish grandmother had 8 grandchildren. As kids we assembled annually in Auchenblae and enjoyed swimming in the North Sea south of Aberdeen. I say 'enjoyed' , and I think we genuinely did, though a trip there last summer and a dipping of toe into water makes me wonder how. Growing up we went our own ways, but Grannie's funeral - decades ago now - brought us together again as adults. Ever since we've met from time to time, and last Sunday some of us had lunch together. It was just after the PP's publication, and so there was a bit of backchat on the book. Without breaching family confidentiality…
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