The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Friday, 2 November 2012

Laughter and Yellow Penguins...

Yellow Penguins are SO cheerful! I wasn't even aware that the vintage numbered Penguins included this 'miscellaneous' range, u...

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Roughing it in the Bush

Susanna Moodie Susanna Moodie is a classic Canadian writer, so it seemed only right that I should read some of her work for the Canad...

Friday, 26 October 2012

A Winter Landscape

The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson is darker than either 'The Summer Book' or 'A Winter Book' (although 'The Squirr...

Thursday, 25 October 2012

The Song of Achilles

Achilles pictured on a bowl, with the nereid Kymothea. Madeline Miller's 'The Song of Achilles' is, as the title tells yo...

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Guard Your Daughters

My copy has no dust jacket, and is plain red, with no title on the cover, which doesn't make for a good picture, so here is a nic...

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