May 2022

The Vicarage Children Trilogy by Lorna Hill

I spent the best part of the month of May reading Lorna Hill’s ‘Vicarage Children’ trilogy and it was the best way to spend my birthday month, enjoying the simple beauty of these books. This trilogy was written towards the end of Lorna Hill’s writing career, and sadly never extended beyond the three books. From … Continue reading Lorna Hill’s Vicarage Children Trilogy…

Flora Thompson’s Novel ‘Lark Rise’

‘Lark Rise’ is Flora Thompson’s personal account of growing up in a small rural community in Oxfordshire in the late Victorian period. Flora is ‘Laura’ in the retelling and with a keen eye for observing nature and beauty, Flora Thompson renders an exacting yet not too sentimental picture of what life was like for the … Continue reading ‘Lark Rise’ by Flora Thompson…