Marilyn #190
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Black Crag," a quiet life upends when Cynthia returns home to find a stranger in her late aunt’s cottage—set off by a misprinted ad that swapped "young woman" for "young man." Written by Henry Gammidge and illustrated by Richard Neillands, this 1958 tale unfolds with a delicate tension, as a single misunderstanding stirs unexpected warmth in an otherwise empty space. The cover by Richard Neillands captures the moody atmosphere of a story where solitude and surprise meet beneath a storm-laden sky.
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Cynthia comes home to find a strange man in her cottage, where she lives alone after the death of her aunt. A mistake in the newspaper had changed her ad from "YOUNG WOMAN WOULD LIKE ANOTHER TO SHARE COTTAGE" TO "YOUNG% %MAN WOULD LIKE ANOTHER TO SHARE COTTAGE". She helps him find other arrangements, but finds his intrusion had brought a new colour and warmth into her empty life.
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