![]() ![]() Around that time, her mother was committed to a mental hospital, leaving James to care for her younger siblings. Her father was “not well off and not disposed to educate girls,” so James left school at 16 to work in a tax office, only returning to formal education decades later for night classes in hospital administration. At 15 or 16, she won her high school’s prize for a story she describes as “low in credibility but high on drama and atmosphere” (she no longer has a copy). Phyllis Dorothy James White, the daughter of a tax inspector, has more than a dozen honorary doctorates and fellowships, and from institutions as eminent as Oxford and Cambridge. ![]() ![]() James, then your coworker is probably pretty smart.” A few weeks later, my friend called me back. “Whose mystery is it?” I remember asking. He gave as an example a coworker who spent her breaks reading-insert scorn here-a mystery novel. Years ago, a friend of mine complained about the lack of intellectual stimulation at his day job. ![]()
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