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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Monday, 9 March 2015

Poems for Spring

Every year, some time in February or March, depending on the vagaries of the English weather, there comes a sunny day when I walk through th...

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

The Dud Avocado

I had high hopes of The Dud Avocado , by Elaine Dundy , which I bought because it is a Virago Modern Classic, and because the blurb on t...

Thursday, 26 February 2015

Sky Bears and Kissing Planets

Just look what I’ve got… The Stargazers’ Almanac ! Isn’t it beautiful? It gives a month by month account of what can be seen in the nig...

Monday, 23 February 2015

Spring Bulbs, Marmalade, Sulphur and Soup!

I was brought up in Surrey, and I love gardening books, so Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden , by Mrs CW Earle , seemed tailor-made for me, an...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

An Impossible Marriage

Right, after Margery Sharp here’s another New-to-Me novelist to enthuse about – Pamela Hansford Johnson who was, apparently, immensely popu...

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