So sad--truly a wonderful writer. The Woman of Substance books were some of the first I read as a young adult and I adored them. I never saw any of the movies based on her books, but I read all of them that I could over the years.
I too read this family saga (along with The Thorn Birds, The Shell Seekers, Cashelmara, etc.) as a young adult and cemented my love of family historical sagas. All bring fond memories of my mom and grandmother also reading them. I was just talking to my cousins about this last week! But I forgot about this one. Thanks for reminding me.
Ah, that's such a good point Karen, the connections to other family members. I came to this novel because I watched thr tv series with my mum and then went out and got the book. Thank you for reading.
So sad--truly a wonderful writer. The Woman of Substance books were some of the first I read as a young adult and I adored them. I never saw any of the movies based on her books, but I read all of them that I could over the years.
She really was! The 1980s mini-series of the first book was really well done.
She’s a great example of the glory of high/low and the empty folly of literary snobbery. There are times when story is all.
Absolutely true!
I too read this family saga (along with The Thorn Birds, The Shell Seekers, Cashelmara, etc.) as a young adult and cemented my love of family historical sagas. All bring fond memories of my mom and grandmother also reading them. I was just talking to my cousins about this last week! But I forgot about this one. Thanks for reminding me.
Ah, that's such a good point Karen, the connections to other family members. I came to this novel because I watched thr tv series with my mum and then went out and got the book. Thank you for reading.
This is just wonderful. I don’t realise that she was from my neck of the woods in West Yorkshire either. That is quite some book sales.
Yes, just down the road 😀
English is a wonderful language.
”Fall pregnant ” as far as I could research it very seldom is caused by falling down or even up