I’ve had to resort to buying books online so here are my recent acquisitions.
Escape from Loch Leven by Mollie Hunter is obviously about Mary, Queen of Scots. Loch Leven Castle, which is close to where I live is one of the several places she managed to escape from. This one is aimed at those aged over 11 – I come into the category!
Evelyn Finds Herself by Josephine Elder is a girls’ school book, one of the best of the genre apparently. I certainly enjoyed reading it recently, it’s unusual that it’s set in a fairly ordinary day school, rather than a posh boarding school.
Val Forest in the Fifth by Evelyn Smith is another school story, I have hope that this one will be good, the author taught at Glasgow High School until 1923.
The remaining three are all by Elizabeth Goudge.
Smoky House
The Valley of Song
Henrietta’s House
I’ve never read any of her books for young people so it’ll be interesting to see what they’re like anyway
The last book I bought for all of £1 and it was bought in an actual shop when the lockdown was lifted briefly last summer. I bought Every Woman’s Doctor Book just for the charm of the cover. It has no publication date on it but going by the woman’s hat and hair I think it must have been around the 1920s. It says in this book that women in labour should be lying on their side, that is obviously where I went wrong!
I think that bookshops will be opening again on April 26th, so not long now.
Evelyn Finds Herself is usually considered a really outstanding school story, even if it is a day school. Much better than Dimsie! Evelyn Smith is a good author also, although I don’t remember that one offhand.
I went through a Goudge stage and have several upstairs. Her children’s books are sentimental but enjoyable. I think The Little White Horse and Linnets and Valerians are the best but Smoky House is up there. I hope you like them. I bought myself for Christmas a new book about her but am unlikely to get to it before my semester ends at the end of April.
https://www.ggbp.co.uk/product/eg-the-world-of-elizabeth-goudge-by-sylvia-gower/
Constance,
Thanks for the link. I think the Girls Gone By books are really nice editions. I blogged about Evelyn Finds Herself a few days ago https://piningforthewest.co.uk/2021/03/30/evelyn-finds-herself-by-josephine-elder/. I really liked it so will read more of her books eventually. I have such a queue of books though – my own, from the library and NetGalley and of course it’s gardening season now so my reading rate will slow down, but I hope to get to Smoky House soonish.
I am beyond excited to be able to go in an actual bookshop soon!
Jo,
I’m wondering if the shelves will be stripped of books quickly, when we do get into them!
Yay for new books and the hope that bookshops will be reopening soon!
Stefanie,
I think the big day is April the 26th – all going well!