On 1/23/2011 3:21 PM, Ellice K. wrote:
On 1/23/11 10:19 AM, in article ,
wrote:



"Cheryl wrote in message
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On 12/11/10 12:42 PM, in article
, "Susan Hartman"
wrote:

I read this paragraph this morning, and immediately smiled and re-read
it, and re-read it again. Perfection!

"It was one of the pinafores Saffy had sewn when Merry first arrived,
made from a lovely piece of Liberty fabric ordered years ago, not
because Saffy had a project in mind, but because it was simply too
beautiful not to possess. It had languished ever since in the sewing
cupboard, waiting patiently for Saffy to find it a purpose. And now she
had."


From "The Distant Hours", by Kate Morton (who also wrote "The Forgotten
Garden", which has been discussed in this forum). page 353.

The book is a Gothic novel about an eccentric English family in a castle
during WWII and the child who lived with them during the war, with a
parallel story set in the 1990s that continues the family saga a
half-century on with the daughter of the child they'd sheltered. (How's
that for a nutshell encapsulation?)

Hope I've whet your curiosity!

Enough so that I'm firmly entrenched in The House at Riverton. The writing
is brilliant!

Cheryl

I'm glad to hear that you liked her writing. I read Forgotten Garden and
Distant Hours and loved them.

House at Riverton is on my "to read next" list.

Lucille

Lucille

I'm waiting for my call to pick-up Forgotten Garden. Somehow I didn't get
the notice when I popped up on the library queue, and lost my spot - so had
to request again. Looking forward to it.

Ellice

OK...y0u guys.........I have to request the local library to get the
book. If there is a sequential plot........please give me the name of
the first book. Currently I have two from the library, and a paperback
to finish. Since I usually read about 30 mins in bed each night , it
takes a while!

Gill