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Flowering Spring: Elfrida Vipont. Oxford University Press, 1960

I wish I’d read the books in this continuity in order. I read ‘The Lark in the Morn’ a while ago, and there are two books and several years between that and this. I was very muddled while I read the first few chapters as a result. ( Read more... )

Lone Star: Jean Vaughan Nelson 1955 (first published May 1940)

This is a reread because I picked up the sequel recently. Jean Vaughan has long been a presence in my life, because ‘Elizabeth’s Green Way’ was one of the first girls own books bequeathed to me by my mother. I got this after, but so long ago that I didn’t remember much about it (and I think I paid 35p for it. When did you last get a book for 35p at a charity shop?)

What struck me rereading it as an adult was ( Read more... )

As I did last year, I thought I'd do a very subjective overview of things I posted about or should have posted about here. My favourite ( Read more... )

The Lark in the Morn: Elfrida Vipont Oxford University Press 1959

I had vaguely heard of this book and had the impression that it was well thought of, having read it, I agree, ( Read more... )