pickThe first of my #AuldLangSpine books from @Mitch finished, and it was a good one!
A young post-war school-leaver sets out from Durham to spend the summer exploring, before heading back down the pit. But his meeting and friendship with Dulcie Piper changes everything- for both of them - as he starts to see there‘s more to the world than his village, and she faces past tragedies.
Beautiful and evocative - I‘d gladly read more by Benjamin Myers.
rockpools I‘m also using this for #UKRoadTrip #NorthYorkshire - the sense of place, nature writing and local customs around Robin Hood‘s Bay are wonderfully told. 1y
Mitch Glad you enjoyed it ! I read it in the summer and it was hot ! It helped with the atmosphere I think so I was worried it might be so evocative read in winter! 1y
rockpools @Mitch I can see how that would work! It was quite lovely though, and so summer-evocative! I was a bit slow getting into it, but I think that was Covid-brain doing it‘s thing - I loved uncovering Dulcie‘s past, and it made me want to head up to Yorkshire and spend some time up there! 1y
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batsy I was just browsing through some of his available books at the store the other day—he seems to have a varied and interesting body of work. 1y
rockpools @batsy He does. I think I‘ve had Pig Iron on my TBR since, well, the days of GoodReads, which I left who-knows how-many years ago. And the Golden Circle sounds like something I need to get to one day. 1y
batsy @rockpools I have Gallows Pole on my list. And Beastings sounds like a good (if dark) one, too. I think that's basically all of his novels that sound interesting 😁 1y
rockpools @batsy 😂😂 Between us, I think we‘ve covered everything! Let me know how you get on if you read any of them. 1y
