tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post5676534315238847169..comments2024-03-07T11:14:35.841+00:00Comments on flowersandstripes: A World of Love by Elizabeth BowenJoan Hunter Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-30929159904583978432012-08-30T22:08:09.731+01:002012-08-30T22:08:09.731+01:00Rachel - I shall start hunting for To the north in...Rachel - I shall start hunting for To the north in second hand book shops. All the very very best for next week. Look forward to hearing some of your thoughts on the early weeks.Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-57962300102988240412012-08-30T22:05:54.377+01:002012-08-30T22:05:54.377+01:00Anbolyn - Do give her a go when you've got tim...Anbolyn - Do give her a go when you've got time to roll the words around. Look forward to reading your thoughts when you do.Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-88747291121966639402012-08-30T08:29:00.096+01:002012-08-30T08:29:00.096+01:00Rachel I'm so pleased you enjoyed this. Unsaid...Rachel I'm so pleased you enjoyed this. Unsaid emotion is the perfect way to describe the undercurrent of all of her books. So much unsaid, so much atmosphere to be cut through...I love it!<br /><br />I agree with Darlene and think you should read To the North next. Though I also think Friends and Relations is very good, but a lot of people don't like it so that might just be me :)<br /><br />Hope you had a lovely holiday and are looking forward to starting school again...aaaaah next week!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-29426750563392854972012-08-30T02:50:06.518+01:002012-08-30T02:50:06.518+01:00I've tried to read Bowen several times, but I ...I've tried to read Bowen several times, but I feel that she is a hard nut to crack. I always love to see that someone has cracked her, though - it gives me hope that I will enjoy her writing some day too.Anbolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080054175904900094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-33621345921766892672012-08-29T07:52:41.430+01:002012-08-29T07:52:41.430+01:00Darlene - Maybe To the North it is. Darlene - Maybe To the North it is. Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-89060773970815467592012-08-28T18:54:39.220+01:002012-08-28T18:54:39.220+01:00"...unsaid emotion." I like that. I..."...unsaid emotion." I like that. I've only read three of Bowen's novels but you're so right, they have a way of making you feel completely wrung out by the end of them! To the North was my first experience with Bowen and I fell completely in love with her writing.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.com