After the Bombing | 
Latest find from the library's digital catalogue. I've enjoyed the parts set in wartime but I really don't like the new headmistress from the part set in 1960s she's like a old Victorian!
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Latest find from the library's digital catalogue. I've enjoyed the parts set in wartime but I really don't like the new headmistress from the part set in 1960s she's like a old Victorian!
so-soI am so divided by this book.
It made me think about the very real horrors of war for those living through it at 'home'. I learnt more about the war in Exeter - I hadn't known the hospital was bombed. It brought events elsewhere so much closer. And it showed the impact years, decades, later.
But I didn't always *believe* in the characters or their actions, especially as young girls - always a distance or disconnect between us.
Settling down with a glass of salted-caramel Baileys-type-liqueur and owly-pjs for an evening partying! #litsypartyofone
Obviously the book goes without saying. I'm feeling quite divided about this one - it's good but I'm just not entirely convinced.
A cup of coffee, a book and a view. Why don't I do this more often?
Finally started my #LitsyAtoZ #LetterA and #readharder book about war and/or within 100 miles. I saw Clare Morrall talk about the book last year, and wasn't entirely sure it'd be my thing. Happy to report I'm gripped so far, but think I'll have t'Internet open next to me, to learn more about life in Exeter during the blitz.
#setinmycity/country and one I will definitely read from the tbr for this year, as well as #lettera in #litsyatoz. This is set in Exeter (SW UK) during the blitz, and later in the 1960s. The main setting is the Maynard school, just below the E in Newtown on the map.
One from the tbr for today's #booktober. #setinaschool just around the corner from me, during and after WWII.
