It is always fun to see these collections and to hear each other's Goudgian stories - our introduction and the wonderful connections between other people and how we come to know of Goudge. It seems to be such a small world! I also agree with you and the comment in Sylvia Gower's biography - we seem to be reading the very book we need at that point in our life and when we pick it up again, we have changed and so our reading is informed by that. It is one of the gifts of her writing. I also 'loathe' the hideous paperback covers but have them in my collection as they were all I had at the beginning. Now I have the joy of a growing vintage collection as my budget allows me a little more leeway to search and purchase them. Thank you for sharing.
Jody! So fun to see your collection here! And surprised that I introduced you to Goudge. I wonder if I’d just read Green Dolphin Street? That book was a revelation for me, so maybe I talked it up and that’s why you read it? Funny how I don’t remember! But very glad to share a love of Goudge with you!
It is always fun to see these collections and to hear each other's Goudgian stories - our introduction and the wonderful connections between other people and how we come to know of Goudge. It seems to be such a small world! I also agree with you and the comment in Sylvia Gower's biography - we seem to be reading the very book we need at that point in our life and when we pick it up again, we have changed and so our reading is informed by that. It is one of the gifts of her writing. I also 'loathe' the hideous paperback covers but have them in my collection as they were all I had at the beginning. Now I have the joy of a growing vintage collection as my budget allows me a little more leeway to search and purchase them. Thank you for sharing.
Jody! So fun to see your collection here! And surprised that I introduced you to Goudge. I wonder if I’d just read Green Dolphin Street? That book was a revelation for me, so maybe I talked it up and that’s why you read it? Funny how I don’t remember! But very glad to share a love of Goudge with you!
Hmmmmm.... how could you ever forget, my friend? Happy to remind you.
I loved learning more about your collection, Jody! I hand not yet read Green Dolphin Country but plan to read it along with Julie in September.
Stephanie, it's a rich, deep story--I've read it twice. Glad Julie's doing it in September!
I haven't either yet and will wait with bated breath now that Jody has written such marvellous things about the effect it had on her.