Mothering Sunday: A Romance | 
pickThe novella could be seen to take place on just one day: Mothering Sunday 1924 but although the central narrative is the dominant majority, we get glimpses into the entirety of the life of Jane Fairchildes, orphan, lover and more than maid. Post War, death is a secondary character stalking the pages of Jane and those around her.
My #top21in21 @CarolynM thanks for the tag😘
They are not in any particular order, but the top 2 lines were my favourites 📖📚
Kristin Lavransdater is actually 3 books..a real chunkster that took me months but worth the effort!!
I discovered Willa Cather 💕and still have another to read in her trilogy. I read 2 books by several authors..Pat Barker, Swift and Richard Osman. What a delight his books are😊 Crawdads and The Labyrinth were special !
pickMothering Sunday..loved it, love the title and love the cover❤️ which is from a painting by Modigliani.
Easy to read in one sitting, it‘s a tale of Jane Fairchild..a “foundling” who becomes a maid….sensual and thought provoking....a real gem❤️
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Am starting Mothering Sunday - my first Graham Swift in years!
Tagged book is one of my faves! So beautiful! And I just saw that a movie is in post-production right now!
Today is always a rough day for me, and many, many others. My beautiful mum has early onset Alzheimer‘s and at only 70, no longer knows who I am, and I wasn‘t able to become a mum myself because of my husband‘s CF.
I just wanted to wish all the Litten mums a lovely day, and send love to all who struggle today. I‘m thinking of you too 💕
My wonderful friend @KarenUK gifted me this slim novel. Perfect to stick in my carry-on ✈️So nice to sit, chat and catch-up 💕Somehow today felt normal 😁What do we think of this cover???
so-soI have mixed feelings about this book. It‘s beautifully written but it didn‘t really “speak” to me.
Book 6 on my #BookSpinBingo card!
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Auspicious that this arrives on Mother‘s Day Sunday...I think I‘ll have to start it. Looks like a quick one!🌺
Just wanted to send love and hugs to those who find this day tough...... it can be a hard day for some.... 💕💕
(Also, to keep it book-related, the tagged book is beautiful!)
pickI knew from the cover that this was “a romance”. And I‘ve heard from friends that it was “sexy”. And it is both of those things. But more than that, it‘s a book about now and about one March day in 1924, and about people and thoughts and how life is. Surprisingly wonderful.
Book 5 of the #readathon #deweyapril
A genre deviation for me, hoping it will distract from the current pandemic.
pickI have mixed feelings towards this. Didn‘t like the writing style. All too mashed up for my taste, on the one hand. But on the other hand I can‘t imagine that this was supposed to be a rather fast bedtime-read. I needed a while to get “the point”, to understand the books‘ statement. And it‘s for that I rate it a “Pick”. It reminds me of a book that I read in middle school and that I really loved. I still seem to have a weak spot for those stories.
I need to stop using Litsy because this leads to meeting lovely people who are reading interesting books that I also want to read due to their reviews. I need to stop using Litsy because this leads to meeting lovely people who are reading interesting books that I also want to read due to their reviews. … I need to stop using Litsy because …
#LitsyMagic ✨ cast by @AnneCecilie ‼️ 😉
Understood that this will be squeezed in before Mr Winkler.
pickMarch 30 1924, Jane, a young maid, are seeing a young man, her secret lover. Who he is, isn‘t revealed until later. It‘s Mothering Sunday, a day that changed Jane for ever and turned her into the person she become.
I don‘t know what else to write without given spoilers.
But the novel/ novella (it‘s 134p) makes you think about how one day can change everything.
#WeeklyForcast
?Finish Mothering Sunday
? Read the second Department Q book
? Hopefully get a start on the second book by Läckberg
? Listen to Northug My story
? Find something else to listen to afterwards. Not sure jet what.
In my weekly forecast last week only Girl and The Vanderbeekers were there. Both of those are read, and I‘m happy that I managed to read even more. Both Mr. Salary and The Yellow Wallpaper are short, but Mr. Salary reminded me of how much I love Sally Rooney‘s writing and that I need to read her debut. Next up is Mothering Sunday.
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All from 2010-2019, these are my ten, at least for today.....😂
This was really tough, and I‘ve left out books I adore, but all of these, I still think about often.... 💕
(And you know I loved F&F!😘😂)
pickA story of a secret love and roles society forces us into. I didn‘t enjoy the start of this book but by the end I loved it. This is an extremely well written book.
#mammamia #abbainaugust
My all time favorite novella. Just so much gorgeous writing and emotional punch packed in this wee book.
It captures a warm English spring day in 1924, yet also manages to reflect on a whole life lived, unraveling in a single narrative that flutters between time and place with ease. It captures both the bittersweet nature of looking back at the end of an affair, and also how single moments can influence a whole life. 💕
pickA stunning book. Every moment and every scene in the coiled narrative is so clearly and vividly realised that it's like watching a perfectly shot film. Swift presents a single day and an entire lifetime in a few short pages and it's beautiful
pickBeautifully written. It is the story of one afternoon and also of one lifetime, about the feeling of loss after WWI and also about youth and hope.
The term Mothering Sunday refers to the one day off in the year that servants would get - usually to visit their families, tea with their mothers. I haven't read Graham Swift in a long time. Enjoying the language.
Wishing everyone in the UK a very happy Mother‘s Day 💕💕. And for everyone else in the world - a very happy “Oh no - did I forget Mother‘s Day” panic before realizing the Brits do it on a different date. 😀
It's Mothers Day in the UK today, so I'm sending big hugs and love to all those who have ever been known as 'Mother'. Raising a child is hard, and I commend all of you who have done so, whether you birthed them, adopted them, fostered them, only carried them for a short while or cared for them in any other way. You're awesome ✌💪
I've been reading this gift, even though normally, perhaps ungraciously, I am deeply suspicious of books I do not choose myself.
I found the first few pages annoying, a feeling only heightened by the juxtaposition of a bare-breasted young woman in repose with the smirking wrinkled face of Graham Swift.
But then it was all quietly confident poetry. I'm partway through, and though I half guessed an early twist, it still shocked me breathless.
pickJane the maid has a day off work in 1924 & visits her lover. A beautiful, spare book, very moving. Tinged by the sadness of WW1 and its aftermath, but buoyed by the hope of Jane's future, even as she feels nostalgia for the present. Told with restraint and English understatement, the background of the adults who have lost children & Jane, who was a foundling, is poignant & true to life. She's a strong character. A bed features, hence the pic. 😉
After finishing A Strangeness in my Mind, treating myself to a short book and mushroom risotto, with a glass of Ochota Barrels Grenache Syrah from the Adelaide Hills. 😋 #bookndinner #bookandwine
Woo hoo! 2 rows done. 🙌🏻👯🎉
#TBRbingo
pickEn riktig litterär pärla! Om annat som jag läser är rock, pop och indie, så är denna bok klassisk musik.
pickA very charming novella of the Romance between a gentleman about to marry and the maid of one of the other households in the neighbourhoods. She tells the story of their last time together, and describes the context of England after WWI and the unpredictability of life. Beautifully written, as Swift knows how to. Picture: Palmizana, Croatia
pickRead this in one sitting last night. This book is: poetic without being wordy, lyrical without being purple, philosophical while maintaining the reader's interest, and experimental while still remaining accesible
pickSensuous and delightful. If all novels were under 140 pages, with large sections featuring a woman naked in a library, the world would be a better place.
pickWhat a brilliant book! In very few pages, Swift manages to incorporate love, loss, grief, WW1, writing, love of books, class, and more. Loved it! 📖📖📖📖📖 #LitsyAtoZ #s @BookishMarginalia
Another Book Club pick. My first Graham Swift, so I'm not quite sure what I'm in for.
Yeah, this happened today. #blameitonlitsy #ilovemylibrary
pickThis is not a book that screams "look at me!! I'm trying to be the next blockbuster movie! I have plot twists on every page!"
Instead this book is a warm English day. A fine glass of wine. A lovely garden to walk through and enjoy. A bike ride through the countryside. It's a quiet and thoughtful moment of reflection. No cheap thrills here - just excellent writing and story-telling.
Afternoon reading
pickI really liked this short book. I found myself a little distracted at times but it had a really solid sense of place which I liked I could picture everything she was seeing like I was there.
pickThere's so much that happened in this fairly short novel. It looks at class, loss, love, lust, family. It all happens in one day, but is explored by Jane through her entire life. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.
pickA marvellous and beautifully written novel, as good as anything else that Graham Swift has written, which is saying a lot. See my goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33817020-mothering-sunday
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