Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions | Ysenda Maxtone Graham

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A snapshot of a time (1939 - 1979) and "place" (girls' boarding-schools) in Britain. Written with humour, it is a social study of its time.
Read this as my #doublespin for September.
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Ruthiella I‘ve heard only great things about this book! 3y

LeahBergen I loved this one. 👍 3y

TheAromaofBooks Even if I don't like the book much, I always LOVE reading a Slightly Foxed edition! Why are they so perfect?? 3y

Smarkies @TheAromaofBooks so true! These little bound copies are really a keepsake. 😁 3y

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LeahBergen

Terms and Conditions | Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Can you imagine this on your first night away at boarding school???

😱😱😱

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TrishB 😂😂 4y

Cathythoughts Boarding school 🙄 I went for a few years ... we had a laugh at times , but really the whole concept is absurd 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4y

Lindy 😱 4y

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Ruthiella Wait! That‘s not how Enid Blyton said it was! 😅 4y

KVanRead Yikes!🥺 4y

LeahBergen @TrishB @Lindy @KVanRead @Ruthiella I‘d STILL be traumatized. 😆 4y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts I wanted to go to boarding school so badly! I think I had a very idealized vision of what it would be like. 😆 4y

Reggie Lololol 4y

LeahBergen @Reggie Right? 😂 4y

Cathythoughts To be fair we had fun times & there weren‘t any scary dolls ( lots of nuns though 🙃) ... it‘s just that I would never have sent my own children or any children ..... maybe a summer camp/ boarding school , but not a permanent way of life ... 4y

Centique 😱 Terrifying! 4y

rubyslippersreads Thanks for the nightmares. 😂 4y

Reviewsbylola This sounds interesting. I love boarding school stories so maybe this one would be a cool read. That passage reminds me of

Frozen Charlotte

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Scary nuns might be worse. 😆 And yes, I‘m with you. I would find it impossible to send my children off to boarding school (if I had any, that is). I DID have some magical times at summer camp though, specifically one where I went to a 10 day riding camp. I loved it! 4y

LeahBergen @Centique @rubyslippersreads Right?? 😬 4y

LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola Exactly! I immediately thought of that school (and creepy ass dolls) in Frozen Charlotte! 😆 4y

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Terms and Conditions | Ysenda Maxtone Graham

I‘m currently reading this funny little social history of girls‘ boarding schools and let‘s just say ... Malory Towers they ain‘t! 😆😆

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Ruthiella I knew already about this book from your reading soul mate, Simon Thomas. 😀 4y

sisilia I love St. Clare‘s 4y

LeahBergen @Ruthiella 😆😆 I‘m actually surprised that I didn‘t know he‘d posted about this one! 4y

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LeahBergen @sisilia I‘m not sure which one is my favourite. 😄 4y

rubyslippersreads I need to move this up my TBR list (although your doll post may have left me too terrified). 😳 4y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads It was a really fun (and fast) read. It kept me turning the pages. 4y

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TERMS & CONDITIONS: Life in Girls' Boarding-schools, 1939-1979 | YSENDA. MAXTONE-GRAHAM

#BookMail part 2 (and this was a FREE one). I subscribe to the wonderful Slightly Foxed quarterly journal and this was a giveaway. This book is a journalistic social history (of sorts) of life in girls' boarding schools in Britain. The stories all look to be so personal and witty. WHY didn't my parents send me to boarding school?! I begged and they were all insulted. 🙄 #SlightlyFoxed

LeahBergen https://foxedquarterly.com/ 7y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads You like boarding school stories - you may be interested in this one. 😀 7y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen This looks really interesting. 7y

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LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Ha!! I was tagging you at the same time. 👍🏼 7y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Great minds! 😄 7y

shawnmooney It's never too late!! 😘😘 7y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk And yet all stories of British boarding schools for boys are nightmare fuel... 7y

LeahBergen @shawnmooney I'm packing my bags. 😉 7y

LeahBergen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Right? I think there are some pretty bleak tales in this book, too. 7y

RealLifeReading My sister and I loved to play "pretend we're at boarding school" when we were kids! Too much Enid Blyton books. 7y

LeahBergen @RealLifeReading Yes, the evil influence of Enid Blyton! Did you ever read this one? 👇🏻 I read it in Grade 3 and became obsessed.

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RealLifeReading No (taking notes) but all the Malory Towers and St Clare's! 7y

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