Echoes of the War

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 - 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. His book &quote;ECHOES OF THE WAR&quote; contains four short stories. &quote;THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS&quote;, &quote;THE NEW WORD&quote;, &quote;BARBARA'S WEDDING&quote;, and &quote;A WELL-REMEMBERED VOICE&quote; The stories, like &quote;Peter Pan,&quote; are about death and loss and the way family life tries to tame-literally, to domesticate-those painful realities. While &quote;Peter Pan&quote; is essentially and deliberately timeless, &quote;Echoes of the War&quote; is firmly anchored in the time of The Great War and the social disruptions it created.