The first Lost Boy of J. M. Barrie's life was his brother David. At the age of thirteen, David died in a skating accident and Barrie, though only six, was overwhelmed not by the death, but by his mother's grief. He later wrote about his desire to "become so like [David] that even my mother should not know the difference." For a week, Barrie practiced David's way of whistling to her, and then one morning stepped into his mother's darkened bedroom dressed in his dead brother's clothing and did his best to bring him back to life. ... FULL STORY »
