Some favourite books for (re)reading in times like these, compiled with the help of Liz and Carol. Further suggestions are welcome (these for instance).
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| Recommendations from LRB Bookshop |
Many of the books that came to our minds were those that impressed us as adolescents; many of our authors are female, and we often said "oh and her other works too!"
Our hearts were young and gay - Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily Kimbrough
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Enchanted April - Elizabeth von Arnim
The happy prisoner - Monica Dickens
Old Filth - Jane Gardam
the "sharp" novels of "the other" Elizabeth Taylor
Tom's Midnight Garden - Philippa Pearce
Marianne Dreams - Catherine Storr
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
E Nesbit's books
Danny Champion of the World - Roald Dahl
All-of-a-Kind Family - Sydney Taylor
The Family from One End Street - Eve Garnett
Cheaper by the Dozen - Frank B Gilbreth
The Family from One End Street - Eve Garnett
Cheaper by the Dozen - Frank B Gilbreth
Emil and the Detectives - Erich Kastner
Dodie Smith - I capture the castle, and also 101 Dalmatians
The Children who lived in a Barn - Eleanor Graham
The Spettecake Holiday - Edith Unnerstad
The Children who lived in a Barn - Eleanor Graham
The Spettecake Holiday - Edith Unnerstad
Nurse Matilda - Christianna Brand
Adventures of Purl and Plain - Joyce Lankaster Brisley
Charlotte Sometimes - Penelope Farmer
The Magician's Nephew - C S Lewis
The Grass Harp - Truman Capote
Ashenden - Elizabeth Wilhide
The Pear Affair - Judith Eagle
An episode of sparrows - Rumer Godden
with passing mention of Anne Tyler, William Mayne, Joan Aiken, Alan Garner, Anthony Trollope, Elizabeth Gaskell, Willa Cather, Penelope Lively, EM Forster's short stories, and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
with passing mention of Anne Tyler, William Mayne, Joan Aiken, Alan Garner, Anthony Trollope, Elizabeth Gaskell, Willa Cather, Penelope Lively, EM Forster's short stories, and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
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