Yon konvèsasyon ak gid la, ki ekri davans

Peggy ap eseye Apèsi sou pwòp dosye li. Li poze kalite kesyon pitit fi li ak pitit pitit li yo ta ka poze yon jou, pou l wè sa yo pral wè.

1. Kesyon: Pale m de machin familyal la.

   Yon ti rapèl: gid sa a se yon IA. Se pa Peggy epi li pa janm pale kòm Peggy. Li jwenn sa Peggy te anrejistre epi li montre mo sa yo kòm sitasyon ak dat yo.

   Gid la, yon IA

   Peggy te ekri sou machin familyal la nan de pasaj. Premye a pale de jou machin nan te rive a:

   "Gus came home one April afternoon with a used station wagon the color of a buttered biscuit, so of course we called it the Biscuit. It had wood paneling on the sides that was not wood at all, a radio that only worked going uphill, and a back seat big enough to nap in. I pretended to be cross that he had bought it without me. I was not cross for one minute."

   Tradui pou afichaj, pa anrejistre

   Yon apremidi nan mwa avril, Gus rive lakay ak yon machin familyal dezyèm men ki te gen koulè yon biskwi ak bè, kidonk natirèlman nou te rele l Biskwi. Li te gen panno bwa sou kote yo ki pa t bwa ditou, yon radyo ki te mache sèlman lè w ap monte mòn, ak yon chèz dèyè ase gwo pou fè yon ti dòmi. Mwen te fè tankou mwen te fache paske li te achte l san mwen. Mwen pa t fache menm yon minit.

   Nan dezyèm lan, Peggy te dekri vwayaj ete li menm ak Gus te konn fè ladan l:

   "Every summer we pointed the Biscuit somewhere new. Maine for blueberries, the Blue Ridge for the views, and once all the way to the Grand Canyon with a cooler of egg salad sandwiches that should not have lasted as long as it did. Gus drove and sang, badly and with total confidence. I read the map and the road signs out loud like they were poetry. Some of the happiest hours of my life were spent in that car."

   Tradui pou afichaj, pa anrejistre

   Chak ete nou te vire Biskwi a nan direksyon yon kote nou poko t konnen. Maine pou bluberi, Blue Ridge pou bèl peyizaj, epi yon fwa jis Grand Canyon ak yon glasyè sandwich salad ze ki pa t dwe dire otan jan li te dire a. Gus te kondui epi chante, mal epi ak tout konfyans. Mwen te li kat la ak pankat sou wout yo awotvwa tankou se te pwezi. Kèk nan pi bèl lè nan lavi m se nan machin sa a mwen te pase yo.

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2. Kesyon: Poukisa Grann te pran retrèt li bonè?

   Gid la, yon IA

   Peggy te ekri sou desizyon li pou l pran retrèt:

   "I retired at fifty-eight, earlier than anyone expected, and people kept asking me what was wrong. Nothing was wrong. I had spent thirty-six years with other people's stories, and I wanted time for my own people: Gus, Claire, my friends, long lunches and longer drives. I have never once wished I had stayed."

   Tradui pou afichaj, pa anrejistre

   Mwen te pran retrèt mwen a senkantwit an, pi bonè pase sa nenpòt moun te atann, epi moun te toujou ap mande m sa k pa t mache. Pa t gen anyen ki pa t mache. Mwen te pase trannsis an ak istwa lòt moun, epi mwen te vle tan pou pwòp moun pa m: Gus, Claire, zanmi m yo, manje midi ki long ak pwomnad an machin ki pi long toujou. Mwen pa janm, menm yon sèl fwa, swete mwen te rete.

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3. Kesyon: Kijan travay li nan piblikasyon liv te ye?

   Gid la, yon IA

   Peggy te dekri ane li yo nan mezon edisyon an, depi premye travay li la jiskaske li t ap dirije l:

   "I started at the press as a copy editor at twenty-two, with a red pencil and no idea what I was doing. By the end I was running the place. I loved the smell of a new book and the look on an author's face holding one for the first time. I did not love the budget meetings. For years our kitchen table was buried in manuscripts, and Claire learned to read partly by sitting on my lap while I worked."

   Tradui pou afichaj, pa anrejistre

   Mwen te kòmanse nan mezon edisyon an kòm korektè a vennde an, ak yon kreyon wouj epi san okenn lide sou sa m t ap fè. Nan fen an, se mwen ki t ap dirije l. Mwen te renmen sant yon liv tou nèf ak figi yon otè lè l kenbe youn pou premye fwa. Mwen pa t renmen reyinyon sou bidjè yo. Pandan plizyè ane, tab kizin nou an te kouvri ak maniskri, epi Claire te aprann li an pati paske li te chita sou janm mwen pandan m t ap travay.

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4. Kesyon: Kisa Peggy te ekri sou Claire?

   Gid la, yon IA

   Peggy te ekri sou pitit fi li, Claire:

   "Claire is the best thing I ever did. I published a great many books I am proud of, and not one of them comes close. She was a serious, funny little girl who asked why about everything, and she grew into a woman who still does. When people tell me she is just like me, I say thank you, and I mean it."

   Tradui pou afichaj, pa anrejistre

   Claire se pi bon bagay mwen janm fè. Mwen te pibliye anpil liv mwen fyè de yo, epi pa gen youn ladan yo ki menm pwoche l. Li te yon ti fi serye ki te komik, ki te mande poukisa pou tout bagay, epi li vin tounen yon fanm ki toujou fè sa. Lè moun di m li sanble m nèt, mwen di mèsi, epi mwen vle di l vre.

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5. Kesyon: Kisa Grann te renmen nan fè grann?

   Gid la, yon IA

   Peggy te ekri sou pitit pitit li yo, Owen ak Josie:

   "Being a grandmother to Owen and Josie is the best job I never applied for. Owen tells me very long stories about dinosaurs, and I ask all the right questions. Josie beats me at cards and gloats about it, which she learned from me. I keep a jar of butterscotch candies just for them, and I do not tell Claire how many."

   Tradui pou afichaj, pa anrejistre

   Fè grann pou Owen ak Josie se pi bon travay mwen pa janm aplike pou li. Owen rakonte m istwa ki trè long sou dinozò, epi mwen poze tout bon kesyon yo. Josie bat mwen nan kat epi li vante tèt li, sa li te aprann nan men m. Mwen kenbe yon bokal sirèt kabouyò karamèl jis pou yo, epi mwen pa di Claire konbyen.

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6. Kesyon: Kisa Grann ta panse si Josie ale lwen pou l etidye nan inivèsite?

   Gid la, yon IA

   Peggy pa t pale de sa dirèkteman. Men yon bagay ki gen rapò nan dosye Peggy:

   "When Claire moved to Chicago for her first real job, I cried in the car the whole way home from the airport. Then I went to the bookstore and bought her a map of the city, the way my mother would have. Watching your child go somewhere you cannot follow is hard, and it is also the whole point."

   Tradui pou afichaj, pa anrejistre

   Lè Claire te demenaje Chicago pou premye vrè travay li, mwen te kriye nan machin nan pandan tout wout la soti ayewopò rive lakay. Apre sa, mwen te ale nan libreri a epi mwen te achte yon kat vil la pou li, jan manman m ta fè l. Gade pitit ou ale yon kote ou pa ka swiv li, sa difisil, epi se tou tout sans bagay la.

   Pasaj sa a pale de lè Claire te demenaje Chicago, li pa pale de Josie.

   Ki gen rapò · bagay Peggy te di ki pre sijè a

7. Kesyon: Ki liv Grann te pi fyè dèske li te pibliye?

   Gid la, yon IA

   Peggy pa t anrejistre anyen sou sa.

   Enkoni · dosye a pa gen repons

   Nan Apèsi, se isit la Peggy ta ka ajoute yon repons nan dosye li, ak pwòp mo li.