“That’s one of my favorite books!” she exclaimed (she really was a kindred spirit – she was going on vacation to Prince Edward Island the next week). When the woman hung up and apologized, I said I admired the plate and told her I had read a book called Blue Willow as a child. I politely tried not to listen and looked around the office where I saw a Blue Willow plate displayed on a bookcase. Halfway through law school, I was in an interview when the person interviewing me excused herself to take a phone call. How Blue Willow Got Me a Job: Nowadays I would have Googled Blue Willow to know what Janey’s plate actually looked like but maybe it was more fun as a child to imagine it (at some point, it was identified to me). It was as if she had stepped inside the plate’s blue borders into another world as real as her own and much more desirable.When Janey is forced to give up her plate to save her family, her sacrifice and courage set in motion events that will enable the Larkin family to finally put down roots again. Only for her did it have the power to make drab things beautiful and to a life of dreary emptiness bring a feeling of wonder and delight.īending over it now, she could feel the cool shade of willows, she could hear the tinkling of the little stream as it passed under the arched bridge, and all the quiet beauty of a Chinese garden was hers to enjoy. Only to Janey did the willow plate seem perfect.
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