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I hope you're having a joyous Christmas, to translate what I've been saying all day. The book below was read earlier this month, but this evening I got a chance to finish off my review.

A Town Like Alice: Nevil Shute (my copy is the fifteenth printing of the paperback edition)

I daresay I had the realisation, ’Oh, a town LIKE Alice’ at the same time when I last reread this. Back then, I’d have been was closer in age to Jean Paget, the heroine, than I am now. ( Read more... )

Glenallan’s Daughters: Bessie Marchant Nelson (no date, although it was awarded as a Sunday school book in 1935)

I misread the title and thought this was about Glenallan’s Daughter, assuming for a few chapters in that it would be around the first of the two girls introduced, Kitty, who is perhaps the more prominent. (I have no excuse, the illustration on the front is of two girls.)

First things first, however, ( Read more... )

Crossposts: http://feather-ghyll.livejournal.com/110424.html

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REREAD: A Town Like Alice
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