JK Rowling has responded to a mother’s heartfelt letter in which she described how the Harry Potter series had provided comfort during her daughter’s cancer treatment.
Chrissy Hart told the author in a letter last month that her books “turned out to be the fortress we so desperately needed to hide in” when her daughter’s prognosis worsened. She died last week.
Chrissy’s letter was read out at Letters Live in London – a series of performances in which remarkable letters are read aloud – by actresses Carey Mulligan and Ellie Bamber.
In the moving letter, she wrote: “You taught her that for every chemo she has to go through, there will be the opportunity to fly across a lake on a hippogriff. For every time her heart seizes with fear of pain, there will be me chasing it away with a patronus charm.
“Your words built a castle for her to move into when the prognosis got worse.
“Mrs Rowling, cancer threatened to take everything from my daughter, and your books turned out to be the fortress we so desperately needed to hide in.”
Chrissy Hart told the author in a letter last month that her books “turned out to be the fortress we so desperately needed to hide in” when her daughter’s prognosis worsened. She died last week.
Chrissy’s letter was read out at Letters Live in London – a series of performances in which remarkable letters are read aloud – by actresses Carey Mulligan and Ellie Bamber.
In the moving letter, she wrote: “You taught her that for every chemo she has to go through, there will be the opportunity to fly across a lake on a hippogriff. For every time her heart seizes with fear of pain, there will be me chasing it away with a patronus charm.
“Your words built a castle for her to move into when the prognosis got worse.
“Mrs Rowling, cancer threatened to take everything from my daughter, and your books turned out to be the fortress we so desperately needed to hide in.”
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