Section 6: pages 109-129 Summary

On 18 April, 1946, Isola writes Juliet to ask a few personal questions, though Dawsey told her it was not proper, and Juliet responds on the 20th that she is thirty-three years old, has mousy brown hair and hazel eyes. She had a nice childhood until her parents died when she was twelve years old and she went to live in London with her great-uncle. He sent Juliet to boarding school a year later because she caused him so much trouble, and at school, she met Sophie Stark, who became her best friend, as well as Sophie's brother, Sidney. After finishing school, Juliet and Sophie roomed together in London while working in a bookshop, and Juliet wrote stories at night. She entered the "Daily Mirror's" essay contest about "What Women Fear Most", and her essay about being afraid of chickens won...