Frances
2001-04-17 18:57:09+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
I've got a personal ramble I keep starting and failing to write, so this'll have to do for a morning update. Salon has an Ode to Frances, the badger written by Russell Hoban and illustrated mostly by Lillian Hoban. That article also pointed to A Russell Hoban Reference Page which has more on Frances. I grew up on the stories, and the collected Frances stories have a place on my bookshelf.
'Yes, she does,' said Mother. 'Even if nobody can see her, Alice has one birthday every year, and so do you. Your birthday is two months from now. Then you will be the birthday girl. But tomorrow is Gloria's birthday, and she will be the birthday girl.'
'That's how it is, Alice,' said Frances. 'Your birthday is always the one that is not now.'