Another school read that I am enjoying
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Another school read that I am enjoying
“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well... for there is a force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us go.”
pick“You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.
There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.”
pickSet in 1414, this is a really interesting short novel about the imagined intersection of the medieval lives of Margery Kempe ( who published the first ever autobiography) and Julian of Norwich - who wrote the earliest surviving book in English written by a woman.
pickFascinating from the historical perspective! I‘m not religious so some of the medieval shenanigans around religious rules and expectations make my eyes roll a bit- but an interesting read.
A 15th century copy of Margery Kempe‘s manuscript fell out of a cupboard in an old country house when someone was looking for a ping pong ball. Because we all have 15thC manuscripts in the cupboard.
