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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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Nostalgia Rules - OK!

A day trip to London last week resulted in the acquisition of just one book, which is pretty unusual for me – normally I return home aching ...

Monday, 27 April 2015

Patricia Brent, Spinster

Think Fairy Tales… And Love at First Sight… And Obstacles Overcome… And Rags to Riches… And Happy Ever After… Patricia Brent, Spinst...

Thursday, 2 April 2015

Magical Moorlands

I read this on my Kindle, so there's no cover to admire, but I could resist including this picture of the 'real' book. I d...

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...

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