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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Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Sometimes, when you love a book, it is quite difficult to write about it, especially when lots of other people have already said lots of...

Saturday, 10 November 2012

Canals, slaves and railways!

The remains of the lock gates reflected in the water. Question: How do you boost your town's wealth and trade when there's no...

Friday, 9 November 2012

Falling Leaves in High Rising!

Falling leaves... A cover - and some pages! I'd never heard of Angela Thirkell until I read a post by Claire at The Captive Reader...

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Good Morning, Midnight

I stayed there, staring at myself in the glass. What do I want to cry about? … On the contrary, it's when I am quite sane this like th...

Monday, 5 November 2012

An Un-Childlike Child!

Penguin number 1211, published in in 1957 - don't you wish paperbacks were still two shillings and sixpence? It's wartime Lond...

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