One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.

They don’t represent themselves. If the dreams had been left in you would know why. ”
To achieve a far-reaching exploration of selfhood Godwin incorporates the metaphor of personality-as-artist into her characters’ lives.

She has publiGail Godwind one non-fiction work two collections of short stories thirteen novels three of which were finalists for the National Book Award and five of which have made the New York Times Bestseller List. A. Gail Kathleen Godwin (born June 18 1937) is an American novelist and short story writer.