Welcome to Litsy!

An unusual book that would happily take a second reading.

After his wife's death, Thomas Davies, gardener to Mr Charles Darwin, is struggling with grief & bringing up his two children, who are written off as sickly & slow. The village provides casseroles & judgement.

The writing is beautiful- streams of consciousness flitting between the villagers and the land. Religion, science, outsiders & electricity abound. Thomas just gets on with his life.

Really enjoying this slightly out-there little book about god, godlessness and science, set in Victorian England. It's translated from the Finnish, and reminds me in style of Mink River - streams of consciousness of all the people/things. It's kind of lovely!
#womenintranslation #europebybook #finland

While everyone one is in church, Thomas Davies is #BusyEarning. This one's described as a tale of God, grief and talking chickens!

#aprella
(& I never knew that was what that song was called - it's been total earworm all day now!)