If you have read With Her Mother's Approval you will know my burgening relationship with big Lily Bones was initiated by her mother, a fearsome local politician called Mary. She was a larger-than-life character in a larger-than-average body and around 50 years old. Greying mousy permed hair and sensible dresses, big chest, and all in all, you could imagine her having been referred to in the 1970s as Thunderthighs. All of...