The Sweet Letter That Made Beatrix Potter A Successful & Beloved Writer

A heartwarming story of an introvert who followed her heart, found success and became an unexpected heroine

Beatrix Potter was a disappointment to her mother.

40 years old and she still lived at home.

It wasn’t just that she was unmarried and at home. As Beatrix was growing up, her mother hoped her only daughter would be a charming companion for the social outings that came with their financial station.

Followed by an advantageous marriage, of course.

But that’s not who she was.

She was six when her brother “Bertie” was born and from the time he could toddle behind her they were partners in crime, catching a menagerie of rabbits, hedgehogs, mice and other small animals they brought home and kept as pets.

Instead of the charming social butterfly her mother hoped for, she was an introverted, nature-loving child who’d rather be outside drawing mushrooms and fungi, feeding rabbits and other critters or writing stories in her journal.