What first began as assigned school reading soon developed into a newfound love as I discovered the magnificence of Katherine Mansfield's writing. This collection of short stories is simply amazing. For someone who has difficulty finding an author they love, I would easily recommend this book of ...
Linda Burnell dreams, listless and distant, whilst downstairs her mother sets in order the family's new home in the New Zealand countryside. Her vigorous and exhausting husband, Stanley, is at the office, but will return with eager and admiring eyes. Her children prepare lunch on a concrete step ...
“Oh, good Mrs Smith. I’m so glad to see you. Have you brought your children?” “Yes, I’ve brought both my twins. I have had another baby since I saw you last but she came so suddenly that I haven’t had time to make her any clothes yet and so I left her at home. How’s your husband.” “Oh he’s very w...
They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden-party if they had ordered it. Windless, warm, the sky without a cloud. Only the blue was veiled with a haze of light gold, as it is sometimes in early summer. The gardener had been up since dawn, mowing the lawns and sweeping them, until the...