Howard Shawcross
Customer Account Manager
WEST CUMBRIA BANK
45 STERNDALE STREET
COGGENTHWAITE
CUMBRIA
Ms Jessica Bertram
12 Hill Rise
Scully
Cumbria CA19 1 BD
22 June 2003
Dear Ms Bertram,
I was shocked and grieved by the tone of your last letter.
I do “have a life” as you put it.
Yours sincerely,
Howard Shawcross
Customer Account Manager
Rebecca Brandon
37 Maida Vale Mansions
Maida Vale
London NW6 0YF
Manager
Harvey Nichols
109?125 Knightsbridge
London SW1X 7RJ
25 June 2003
Dear Sir,
I am doing a piece of hypothetical research. I was wondering whether it is true that if you give birth in Harvey Nichols (accidentally, of course!) you are entitled to free clothes for life.
I would be very grateful if you could let me know.
Obviously, as I have mentioned, this is a completely hypothetical inquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Rebecca Brandon (nee Bloomwood)
Acknowledgments
Hugest gratitude to the endlessly wise and supportive Susan Kamil, to Irwyn Applebaum, Nita Taublib, Barb Burg, Sharon Propson, Susan Corcoran, Cathy Paine, and Margo Lipschultz.
Thanks as ever to the fabulous Araminta Whitley, Celia Hayley, Kim Witherspoon, and David Forrer. A special thank-you to Joy Terekiev and Chiara Scaglioni for a wonderful welcome in Milan and some essential Italian!
Thanks to the members of the Board. To Henry, for everything. To Freddy and Hugo for suggesting I write about pirates instead (maybe next time).
And a big thank-you to my parents for taking me in off the streets so I could finish writing this…
