It has not been quiet in my head. I am furiously working on the edits for ‘The Novel in the Viola’ and am currently lost in spring 1940. Thank you so much for all the gorgeous comments you’ve been posting about ‘Mr R’ — I will reply to you all, it is just taking me a little longer than usual.
Did you know that the winter of 1939/ 40 was so cold that the newspapers were banned from mentioning it? They didn’t want the Germans to know the effect that the freeze was having on the nation. Weather forecasts were forbidden anyway but mention of the snow and ice was specifically banned. I do wonder how they managed… not with the cold, we British take pride in our stoicism, but fancy not being able to discuss the weather? Whatever did people find to talk about?
Sweet peas
Mr Rosenblum's Garden
A fabulous party
Novel giveaway...
The writing shed needs an upgrade
Dreaming at Durdle Door
I bet people talked about it in secret, doing a quick sideways glance to see if anyone was about!
lyn
x
Just to let you know that I have loved your book and reviewed it over on my blog
http://randomjottings.typepad.com/random_jottings_of_an_ope/2010/08/mr-rosenblums-list-natasha-solomons.html
looking forward to your next!
Just to let you know I have read Elaine Simpson-Long’s review and, whilst I already knew of this book and had almost been tempted, it was Elaine’s review “wot did it” for me; how could I resist a moment longer? This sounds My Kind of Book.
Love your summerhouse – my husband is building one in our tiny garden as I speak, but since this project started the weather has been dreadful! And all those plums reminds me of summers in the 1970s when my parents had a house with plum trees in their garden, simply dripping with fruit (or perhaps that should be “dripping with drupes”!) at this time of the year – I think it used to be, one for the family, one for the wasps, one for the family, one for the wasps …