Margaret Ogilvy

J. M. Barrie wrote a biography on his mother and family in Scotland in the late 19th century titled Margaret Ogilvy: Life Is a Long Lesson in Humility. It was the seventh-best-selling book in the US in 1897, according to The Bookman. The book features family memories and was written as an homage to Barrie's mother. In the book, Barrie describes his mother telling him stories about her youth and attributes his passion for reading to her. The biography of her Scottish-born mother and family b...