From the back cover: Vendela Löfgren (1950-2018) born in Borås, Sweden, was an actress, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, music agent, dog expert and devoted wife, whose passion was to leave the world a better place. After graduating from Sweden’s National Theatre School in Malmö, she joined the National Touring Company and then landed a life contract at the City Theatre in Uppsala. She then broke off her theatre career and devoted 25 years working with Moral Re-Armament, which took her to many parts of the world. In 1980, she married English actor Philip Tyndale-Biscoe, and together they toured extensively, also with their own productions. In the 1990s she and Philip both studied Russian in Moscow, and she became managing agent for Russian concert pianist, Victor Ryabchikov. For seventeen years she promoted him in Sweden and other countries and produced a dozen or so CDs. On the side, she became something of an authority on dog care and training. In 2010 she and Philip moved to the island of Tjörn, off the west coast of Sweden, and its was there she died on June 9, 2018.
"The summer after you 'went out of time', I returned to pay my respects at the family grave in Borås, where your sister, Ragnhild, and I had deposited the urn containing your ashes. It was raining. After placing a fresh bouquet in a vase and pausing for a few minutes, I was turning to leave when I stopped and said, 'Would you like to come along with me?' and, getting into the car, it felt as though you did just that. I was about to fly back to the United States where I was to begin a new life at the side of Margaret Smith, whom I had mentioned to you that time in Sahlgrenska, just a few weeks before you died. After Margaret’s and my wedding service there was a family photocall. My cousin’s wife was asked to step forward, closer to Margaret, but she said afterwards that she hadn’t been able to because 'someone was standing in the way'. It is now four years since your last spring and there have been many moments when it has felt as though you indeed did climb into the car with me that day... ."
