Lindsay Anderson

Gone Too Soon Lindsay Anderson

Publisher Marketing: "I can't wrap my head around the fact that Kendall is gone." Katie James sniffed, retrieving yet another tissue. "It hurts too much." "I know, sweetie." Ashley Martin whispered, wrapping her arm around her best friend. It was Tuesday morning, and the girls were huddled together on the Johnson's sofa. Their best friend, Andrea O' Connell, was in in the same situation. Without it being said, the girls were grateful to have one another to lean on. This was truer now more than ever. Four days ago, Kendall Johnson and Jake Knight had been killed in a car accident. The fact that they had been two of the girls' best friends had made this situation extremely difficult to handle. Katie had spent all of Saturday in her room bawling her eyes out. The funeral for Kendall had been held earlier this morning. Having to say goodbye to Kendall had been very painful. Katie could not imagine how difficult this must be for Mr.and Mrs. Johnson. The fact that they had even volunteered to have the reception at their mansion was surprising to Katie and the others. If they were in this situation, the last thing that the three girls would want to do would be to hold a reception at their home. It would just be too much to bear. Contributor Bio:  Anderson, Lindsay In cinema and in theatre, Lindsay Anderson was one of the most innovative, independent and influential directors of the twentieth century. With classic films like "This Sporting Life", "If..., "and "O Lucky Man! "he established and electrifying new wave in British cinema, while in the theatre he first staged such groundbreaking plays as "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance", "Home "and "What The Butler Saw". His "Diaries" were published by Methuen Drama in 2004" "and are at once the intimate record of a remarkable man fiercely opposed to the political and cultural establishment of his time; a candid account of his personal and public struggles, his visionary work and troubled relationships; and an indispensable history of the artistic revolution he helped to shape.'He was a brilliant writer, with great observational and analytic gifts, a charismatic figure who commanded the attention of a generation of serious cinephiles, a person of warmth, charm and integrity who attracted a loyal band of actors and other associates' - Philip French, Observer