Margaret Scott's world changed for ever at the age of 32 when her husband died unexpectedly, leaving her with two children and another on the way. It was Katherine Mansfield (a writer she had always loved) who helped to give shape and purpose to the difficult, lonely years that followed. For on becoming manuscripts librarian for the Alexander Turnbull Library, Margaret discovered a rich resource of Mansfield material. She spent most of the next 30 years deciphering her illegible handwriting, travelling to Europe and America in search of further Mansfield manuscripts and working towards the publication of The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield and The Katherine Mansfield Notebooks. Recollecting Mansfield chronicles the delights and disasters that Margaret experienced as her life and Mansfield's intersected. She gives fascinating insights into the extraordinary people she encountered, from Mansfield's faithful companion Ida Baker to her own close friend Charles Brasch. This is a book of true charm and spirit, a moving, wise and witty account of a life spent in the company of one of this country's greatest writers.