Monday, July 12, 2010

At Home With Joan Parker

At Home With Joan Parker - Robert Parker’s Widow Rearranges Home and Preserves Memories - NYTimes.com: "AND now, the Ballad of the Sad Chair and How It Was Tamed and Returned to Happy Domestic Life. The teller is Joan Parker, the widow of Robert B. Parker, the best-selling mystery writer who died in January."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

2 comments:

David Cranmer said...

That was a very interesting interview. I knew of their living arrangements but seeing the house and Ms. Parker was coolafter all these years of seeing her name in the book dedications.

Fred Zackel said...

I was creeped out by the story. And, which I never expected, I really feel sorry for Parker. His writing, it seems, was heavy OCD. Sue Grafton once said Fantasy is the Great Equalizer. That's why she started writing pee eye books. Just spooky ...