This is a children’s book, full of broad humour involving Anne’s misadventures with, variously, ice cream, puffed sleeves, hair dye and accidental drunkenness. However, it can still be enjoyed by adults who will, perhaps, have more understanding of some of the strong emotions it invokes.
Category: Reading Ideas
Mavis’s shoes
Jenny recommends: Mavis’s shoes by Sue Reid-Sexton It is March 1941, during the Second World War, and Lenny Gillespie, aged 9, is on the streets of Clydebank after the Germans […]
Where nests the water-hen
I loved it for its beautiful descriptions of the landscapes and wilderness of this part of the world, and of a way of life which sounds idyllic, peaceful, and more in tune with nature.
LOL – GWL’s Secret Code
The Suffragettes sometimes used coded messages on their postcards, so why shouldn’t GWL have its own secret code? In fact, at the moment this one’s so secret – LOL – that only I know it. But keep following this blog. The secret will be revealed on… drumroll please… Wednesday 6th February.
When God was a rabbit
This book bring made me laugh out loud, angry and sad, but above all appreciate the love bonds we all have and should treasure.
The history of love
The history of love by Nicole Krauss This intricately woven story centres around ‘a book within a book’, tying together the lives of 14 year old Alma Singer and an […]
Me before you
Jojo Moyes doesn’t shy away from a controversial subject nor does she cop out come the conclusion.
Stag’s leap (poem)
The narrator has plumbed the depths but seems to be surfacing…
The well and the mine
it’s hopeful, funny, touching, thoughtful….
Cavedweller
Although this novel deals with challenging themes – domestic violence, death, judgement, small town prejudices – it’s really infused with a strong sense of hope and resilience. And the writing is just beautiful – haunting, earthy and lyrical.