Ashara wrote:
<< I can only imagine what a terrible person this Jenny Fields is!! ;-) >>
Quite the opposite, Ashara.
Although I haven't read the book or seen the movie in 15 years or more, if I
remember correctly, Jennie was Garp's mother. She was a nurse who decided in
the 1940s that she wanted to be a mother, but not a wife, so she managed
Garp's conception in a rather unique way -- she had sex with a dying WW II
soldier in her care. Once Garp became old enough to go to school, she
supported them by working as a nurse in an Exeter-like prep school, which
gave Garp access to a better education than he would have had otherwise.
Later on, when Garp was grown, I believe, she wrote a book which started a
movement. (This is where the brain cells are most damaged because I can't
remember the nature of the movement.) Anyway -- this, Ashara, is where the
likeness to you gets so strong -- she established a home to which all kinds
of people came to 'heal' -- sort of like an endless Jonifest!
Please wear the Jennie Fields nurse uniform at Jonifest 2002, Ashara!
XO,
--Bob
