About Nancy Atherton: Nancy Atherton is an American writer and author of the Aunt Dimity mystery novel series, which presently extends to twenty-one volumes.
They were tales of commonplace courage and optimism, for I knew from my own experience that everyday virtues endure best, and that quiet courage is worth more than the grandest derring-do.
Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood.
