It's hard to imagine that anyone will read this who hasn't read the two previous books in the trilogy. But I read them to long ago that much of the irony was lost on me. It probably makes sense to read them in a row, as the combined impact involves many of the same events being viewed, Rashomon...
(FROM MY BLOG) Eight-year-old Bell Teesdale watches with wonder when a family of Londoners -- "talking South" -- arrive to rent his parents' farm house. "There's not owt for 'em here. What's use of a farm to them? Just for sitting in. Never a thing going on." The visitors get off to a rocky...
There is no way in hell I can write a fair review of this novel. I adore Jane Gardam. I am a FAN. I am totally prejudiced. She is one of the best writers on the planet. That said, this is 4 stars, not quite 5. Say 4.8 stars.Gardam may be best enjoyed by people who are no longer young. Her insig...
Jane Gardam's delightful short stories range from the Lake District to Dorset; from Wimbledon, where an old Victorian mansion has been converted into a home for unmarried mothers, to wartime London, where a hospital is the scene of a job interview in the middle of the Blitz. In 'Pangbourne' (not,...
Relates the joys and sorrows of adolescence as experienced by a young girl growing up in a boy's boarding school.
A train ride like childhood’s. Edward’s Chambers saw her on to the platform and right into the reserved seat for Tisbury Junction. The clerks gave her chocolates and told her that there would be a taxi waiting. At Tisbury she climbed out upon the single-track platform and sat on a seat in the sun...
He and Betty were going to the solicitors to make their Wills. Downstairs in the hall Betty, perfectly ready, sat waiting on a sort of throne of gilded wood and faded, shredding silk which had been scarlet when they bought it in Bangladesh. She had found it in a cavernous ...