Who would you rather be? Hagar the slave girl who had Abraham’s first child, Ishmael, and was later forced into the wilderness with her adolescent son because of Sarah’s jealousy? Or Alice Keppel, mistress of King Edward, who was called to the king’s death bed by the reluctant Queen Alexandra? The king even forced his wife to accept a kiss from his favourite…
Sondra Gotlieb
Sondra Gotlieb is author of, among other books, True Confessions, which won the Leacock Prize for Humour, and Wife Of, which was a finalist for the same prize. She currently writes a humour column for the National Post.