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Susanna Namuli's avatar

Mrs. Oliphant's story was so dire, I had to come up with some sort of escape from it.

So I started to think about more ways she could be honoured/saved posthumously.

The ideation actually ended up being somewhat fun. Not sure I can say the same for the ideas:-)

1. A fund that awards a grant for identified gifted single mother writers to spend a year writing; nothing else.

2. A course of therapy entitled the Oliphant-non way. A series of sessions for single mothers who are doing everything for everyone to empower them to know when they can make the decision to just stop.

3. Commission a brilliant screenwriter to work some of her better stuff and come up with a blockbuster. In a sort of 'What Mrs. Oliphant could have produced if she didn't try to sort out the whole world'

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James Lee's avatar

Love the portrait of her by Frederick Sandys.

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