RE: picking favourites

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Anna asked:
> Any views out htere in bananafishland on the universal favourite =
female
> character in the Salinger repertoire and why?=A0=A0=20
>=20
My guess Anna is that Franny is the best loved female character, mostly
because she is the most developed. However, I think I love Mrs Glass =
the
best. IPerhaps this is because I find myself growing more and more like =
her
every day. Why just last night I perched on the edge of the bath as my =
son
was having his bath and interrogated him about where he had left his
runners. And then, (I swear this is true) I pulled out a spanner and =
fixed
the dripping tap. Only the fact that I don't own a kimono saved me from
waddling into cloud caricature land.
Lesley
ps I'm also really taken with Teddy's mother. Benign neglect is somehow =
very
appealing in a parent.=20

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