Litsy

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Another #PersephoneClub pick gobbled up! This one is rather melancholy, but the characters are so well drawn I felt like a fly on the wall to the family gossip. None of them are perfect or cardboard cutouts, which made them relatable. Belle was a real piece of work!

At the end, knowing the war was inevitable, left me feeling sad for them.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1d

Cathythoughts Great review! I remember I really enjoyed it. ❤️ 1d

LeahBergen Nice review! I really found myself invested in these families. 23h

Tamra @Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I just noticed the blurb in Litsy is wrong, re: year of setting. It was published in 1948, but it‘s set between the wars. At first I thought I‘d read the whole novel wrong. 😆 17h

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Cathythoughts

The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett

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I really enjoyed this story and I loved all the drama.

“ And the Shuttle in the hand of Fate , through every hour of every day, and through the slow, deep breathing of all the silent nights, weaves to and fro - to and fro - drawing with it the threads of human life and thought which strengthen its web: and trace the figures of its yet vague and uncompleted design. “
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LeahBergen I‘m thoroughly enjoying it, too! 1d

Tamra 😊 I really devoured it. It had a taste of Wharton & Hawthorne & E. Bronte. ❤️ 1d

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen It‘s so engaging 👍🏻❤️ 1d

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Cathythoughts @Tamra Yes ! I agree 👍🏻❤️ 1d

andrew61 I have just finished it and was definitely pulled along by the plot with a feeling a dread as Nigel returned and an inevitable confrontation with Betty loomed. An interesting view on the development of American largesse and I will have to do some back reading on frances hodgson burnett but definitely another very enjoyable read in the persephone catalogue that I would never otherwise have picked up. 23h

Tamra By the way, envious of those beautiful flowers! 17h

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Tamra

The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Oh, the delicious melodrama! (Insert fainting couch here.) I loved every minute of it! ❤️

It would make a stunning, visually beautiful film.

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BarbaraBB Stacked! 4d

Tamra @BarbaraBB it‘s a fun period piece showcasing old world & new world. 😊 The ending is every bit what you would expect. (edited) 4d

Cathythoughts Great review 👍🏻❤️ I‘m nearly finished too. But I‘m juggling 🤹 with my IRL bookclub book ( we meet this Saturday night 😬) I should finish this weekend. I‘m thoroughly enjoying it. (edited) 4d

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Cathythoughts It would make a great film , I agree. 4d

Tamra @Cathythoughts oh the perils of the modern reader. 😅😆 I “suffer” from buddy/club read syndrome too. 4d

TheLudicReader I have never heard of this, but The Secret Garden and A Little Princess are two of my favourite childhood reads. 4d

andrew61 Yes I am enjoying it so far. I am just at the chapter where Nigel has returned and he and Betty are conducting a walk round the grounds while avoiding disclosing any weakness. He may well be one of the great villains of all time ! 4d

LeahBergen I‘m about halfway through and keep thinking the same thing about it being a great film! 3d

CarolynM Lovely review. I‘m just getting started. 3d

Tamra @TheLudicReader you might give it a try. 😊 1d

Tamra @andrew61 oh, yes indeed! 🦹🏿‍♂️ 1d

Tamra @LeahBergen so scenic, inside & out. 🎥 1d

Tamra @CarolynM I hope you are enjoying! 1d

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Tamra

The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Try not to think.” 🤣🤣🤣

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Cathythoughts

The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett

Halfway through both of these. Loving both 🥰🥰 and both are for Bookclubs. #PersephoneClub

Tamra Beautiful 😍 to look at too. 1w

Cathythoughts @Tamra I‘m delighted with my copies 🥰 they will be on my shelf for ever .. 1w

LeahBergen So pretty! 1w

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BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, Secret Garden is an absolute favorite and yet, now I realize that I‘ve not read anything else by Burnett! 1w

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen ❤️ 7d

Cathythoughts @BooksandCoffee4Me I‘m LOVING it 😁 7d

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willaful

Shuttle | Francis Hodgson Burnett

Yes, it was England--England. It was the England of Constable and Morland, of Miss Mitford and Miss Austen, the Brontes and George Eliot.

willaful I suspect a lot of us here relate. #PersephoneClub 1w

LeahBergen Yes, indeed! 1w

Cathythoughts ❤️ 1w

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Tamra

The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett

“The Court itself was old, and many gabled and mellow-red and fine. Rosalie had learned from no precedent as yet, but houses of its kind may represent the apotheosis of discomfort and dilapidation within, and only become more beautiful without.”

Oh Rosalie, I fear you are in for a rude awakening. 🥹

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Tamra What fantastically delicious writing in the first two chapters. I might gobble this one up whole! 1w

Cathythoughts I‘m gobbling too … love the writing and the story so far …❤️ (edited) 1w

Cathythoughts Great pic ❤️ 1w

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Tamra @Cathythoughts 😁 seems to fit! “Ughtred” is a name???? I‘ve never heard it before. Rather unattractive by today‘s standards. In my mind I just hear the “ugh” as in disgust. 😝 (edited) 1w

willaful When I first saw it, I thought it was a transcription error! 1w

Tamra @willaful me too! I had to look it up. 1w

LeahBergen And I‘ve just gobbled the first three chapters this afternoon! I‘m thoroughly enjoying it! @Cathythoughts 1w

Tamra @LeahBergen such wonderfully evocative writing! 😊 1w

Cathythoughts Yes , it‘s my Sunday morning reading just now. I‘m glad we are all enjoying so far. @LeahBergen 1w

LeahBergen @Tamra @Cathythoughts I‘m hoping that nasty Nigel gets his comeuppance! 1w

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I really hope so too. He‘s horrible. 1w

Tamra @LeahBergen @Cathythoughts he‘s the perfect villain. 😠 1w

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Gleefulreader

New York Sketches | E B White

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I absolutely adored this short volume of collected writings by E. B. White. It is a collection of observations, poetry and short pieces about life in New York. My personal favourite, which I absolutely know I will read again, was Goodbye to 48th Street, about the possessions that collect in a home over a lifetime and the effort to get rid of them. McNally Editions continues to delight with their publications.

TrishB That‘s a lovely looking book ❤️ 1w

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