Lois Lowry Quote
So, Henrik, is the weather good for fishing? Papa asked cheerfully, and listened briefly. Then he continued, I’m sending Inge to you today with the children, and she will be bringing you a carton of cigarettes. Yes, just one, he said, after a moment. Annemarie couldn’t hear Uncle Henrik’s words. But there are a lot of cigarettes available in Copenhagen now, if you know where to look, he went on, and so there will be others coming to you as well, I’m sure. But it wasn’t true. Annemarie was quite certain it wasn’t true. Cigarettes were the thing that Papa missed, the way Mama missed coffee. He complained often—he had complained only yesterday—that there were no cigarettes in the stores.
Lois Lowry
So, Henrik, is the weather good for fishing? Papa asked cheerfully, and listened briefly. Then he continued, I’m sending Inge to you today with the children, and she will be bringing you a carton of cigarettes. Yes, just one, he said, after a moment. Annemarie couldn’t hear Uncle Henrik’s words. But there are a lot of cigarettes available in Copenhagen now, if you know where to look, he went on, and so there will be others coming to you as well, I’m sure. But it wasn’t true. Annemarie was quite certain it wasn’t true. Cigarettes were the thing that Papa missed, the way Mama missed coffee. He complained often—he had complained only yesterday—that there were no cigarettes in the stores.
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About Lois Lowry
Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award.
Many of her books have been challenged or even banned in some schools and libraries. The Giver, which is common in the curricula in some schools, has been prohibited in others.