“You should also know that whatever your gift is, nobody can do it quite like you. One of the biggest traps we fall into as women is the comparison trap, the ‘she’s got it all’ trap, the ‘she has more fans’ trap, or the ‘she’s making more money’ trap.”
“Tell Mary to leave me alone. I don’t want this power she’s giving me.”
“She’s not giving you the power, miss. Just showing you the way.”
“Well, I don’t want to follow! Do you understand, Mary Dowd?”
The book focused on animals, follows the boy Spider, abandoned at birth, and different through life. His gift for befriending animals brings him joy & value in his small farming community. We get a glimpse of life in the English countryside during World War II.