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This past summer, both my mother and my motherâ€"inâ€"law told _ "Now that | am establishing myself as a walkâ€"on Alfred Hitchâ€" e to read novels by Mary Higgins Clark. They insisted that her _ cock, it‘s even more fun." © iting was interesting and that her novels were a wonderful Clark‘s first book, she remembers ruefully, was "a commercial ay to get through a tooâ€"warm summer. disaster and remaindered as it came off the press." She answers Being, of course, a dutiful daughter and daughterâ€"inâ€"law, as a question about why she turned to mystery and suspense: I as curious, | tried one. Then I tried another. I liked them One of the best clues about what to write is what one likes th so I read a third. I Wwanted to know if to read. I decided to see if I could write a rk had simply found a plot which she suspense novel. it _ was like a prospector ated over and over. h M; stumbling on a vein of gold.1 wrote There is a similarity to her books, but the 9y Judith MB _ iwhere Are the Chifaren?, my first bestâ€" There is a similarity to her books, but the ' ts and settings â€" always in the U.S. â€" varied enough to hold my interest. Clark‘s main characters are young Ameriâ€" women, usually beautiful â€" even if do not know they are â€" and almost ays wealthy enough to wear tasteful, understated clothes in asing surroundings. It is a charming world if no one looks ind the edges. Around the edges are people living on the fringes of affiuâ€" ce, often burdened by heavy medical expenses or without s. They prey on the affluent. ven within the affluent, privileged world are people scarred childhood neglect or abuse. The psychology, especially the normal psychology, of Clark‘s books is convincing. She does r research thoroughly, and she knows how to build suspense. erhaps what | like best about the books is a characteristic of Clark goes to considerable trouble to make her books topica : heroines: when things are difficult, they endure, they cope, _ and contemporary. She says her sprawling extended family hel d often they triumph. They are independent women who in that regard, because she has many young people and childr inage by themselves. There is usually a broadâ€"shouldered hero _ around her. She has not written in an ivory tower, but on the background, but the women are not dependent on them. _ kitchen table. t the back of Loves Music, Loves to Dance, | found an In response to "Could you visualize a life of leisure?" Clark iew with Mary Higgins Clark. replies firmly: lark tells the interviewer about her life. She began writing, Noâ€"never. Somebody once said: If you want to be happy f says, to support her five children after her husband‘s death. a year, win the lottery. If you want to be happy for a fip}etin admired her mother who had coped with a similar situation, love what you do. That‘s the way it is for meâ€"I love to spir Clark was determined to succeed. As she has done. yarns. uring the interview, Clark gives a brief synopsis of her novels *** mentions the ones which have been made into films â€" sevâ€" Judith Miller is Associate Professor of English at Renison Colâ€" I of them. She enjoys the bit parts she has had in these films: _ lege at University of Waterloo. elebrated young violinist Midori will Born in Osaka, Japan, Midori began vioâ€" For her performances in Kitchener, i the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Symphony lin studies with her mother, Setsu Goto, at _ Midori has chosen to play the 3rd Violin two concerts in its Masterpiece series . a very young age. In 1982, when Zubin Concerto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ; week at The Centre in the Square. Mehta first heard her play, he was so Written when the composer was only 19, Aidori last performed with the orchesâ€" _ impressed that he invited the thenâ€"11â€" the concerto was one of five written by in its 1989/90 season when she was yearâ€"old to be a surprise guest soloist on _ him in Salzburg in 1775. t 19 years old. Now 24, she will play the New York Philharmonic‘s traditional Tickets for the Masterpiece series conâ€" zart‘s Violin Concerto No. 3 under the _ New Year‘s Eve concert, which she counts _ certs featuring Midori are on sale now at dership of KWS music director Chosei as the beginning of her professional The Centre in the Square box office. Call PMA AE98 E20 Listh ay Snfannastion nized and circulated by the Owens Art November 10 to Decembet 15, 1995 Sponsored by the "Chandler Team" of Midland Walwyn, Waterloo Friday, November 10 at 7:00 pm University of Waterloo Art Gallery Modern Languages Building A public lecture by Alex Colville on his work will be presented Saturday, November 11 at 1:30 pm at the Modern Languages Gallery. Lecture presented of Patary AAA,AL*M‘ arns from the kitchen table v @@#ae w lected Drawings idori to perform with Kâ€"W Symphony LEX COLVILLE smvor ror wiatt rsfox a© yaN.itet TY Ti Mon. to Fri 11 am to 4 pm Sunday 2 t 5 pm career. , o. 3575 cefi vacnca nc n in w It certainly was a vein of gold. Clark now has 11 books that I know of, and most of them have been bestsellers. The effects of childhood psychological trauma often play an important role in her books. So do ambition and pride. Stillwatch interested me. The novel has two main characters, one a young journalist and the other a woman who is a breath away from running as the U.S. Viceâ€"Presidential candidate. One is trying to uncover her past â€" the other is trying to hide hers. While I read it, | kept thinking about Geraldine Ferraro. in the interview, Clark laughs, " You can imagine my glee when, just as the book was coming out, Walter Mondale chose Geraldine Ferâ€" raro as his running mate." Clark goes to considerable trouble to make her books topical and contemporary. She says her sprawling extended family help in that regard, because she has many young people and children around her. She has not written in an ivory tower, but on the kitchen table. In response to "Could you visualize a life of leisure?" Clark replies firmly: Noâ€"never. Somebody once said: If you want to be ha‘ppy for a year, win the lottery. If you want to be happy for a lifetime, love what you do. 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