tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post4731681218350032357..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: London War Notes - Mollie Panter-DownesStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-92166341973105981612013-03-24T13:38:41.235+00:002013-03-24T13:38:41.235+00:00Lovely to hear from a longtime lurker! And so ple...Lovely to hear from a longtime lurker! And so pleased that you managed to find a copy - I've been impressed by how many libraries have this hidden away somewhere.<br /><br />I definitely agree about your last point - oh, if only someone would publish it!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91995700080851585432013-03-24T08:26:36.647+00:002013-03-24T08:26:36.647+00:00Longtime lurker, first-time commenter here, coming...Longtime lurker, first-time commenter here, coming out of the woodwork to thank you for highlighting this book! It sounded so intriguing that I had to see if I could get my hands on it. Surprisingly, my library had a copy, and I'm making my way through 1940 right now. The writing is lovely, and Panter-Downes includes so many little details of home-front life that I'd never heard of before (though I'm from the U.S., so that may account for part of it).<br /><br />It's a gem of a book, and I hope it can be republished by someone (soon!), if only so I can afford a copy of my own. :) thirtieslady.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53883334201166759822013-03-07T21:48:09.148+00:002013-03-07T21:48:09.148+00:00Fingers crossed!Fingers crossed!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91081802539338420592013-03-07T21:48:03.262+00:002013-03-07T21:48:03.262+00:00Thanks Erika! You would find this so invaluable, ...Thanks Erika! You would find this so invaluable, I know.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12960941005484932252013-03-07T21:47:49.995+00:002013-03-07T21:47:49.995+00:00It would be so useful to have on my reference shel...It would be so useful to have on my reference shelf! I do so hope someone reprints it.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-9683550303448846372013-03-06T22:34:46.931+00:002013-03-06T22:34:46.931+00:00If you call it the most useful book about the war,...If you call it the most useful book about the war, then I'm going to have to see if my library has it!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-24986668361009600802013-03-05T09:37:49.899+00:002013-03-05T09:37:49.899+00:00Great review, Simon! I see from COPAC that they ha...Great review, Simon! I see from COPAC that they have it at the University of Liverpool library so I might head over there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-34456478144205183232013-03-04T22:54:03.668+00:002013-03-04T22:54:03.668+00:00I found this in my university library, and I loved...I found this in my university library, and I loved it, but I agree -- I want my own copy. Already I have turned to it as a reference several times for help understanding other books that have to do with wartime London.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17825540813779206354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-39198329081224471822013-03-04T21:34:52.021+00:002013-03-04T21:34:52.021+00:00I've never actually investigated ILLs but it l...I've never actually investigated ILLs but it looks as if my library might do them - I shall investigate...<br /><br />(I always search the county library rather than just the local, but they're both what my youngest daughter would call pants...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-82303511945312612582013-03-04T21:15:35.513+00:002013-03-04T21:15:35.513+00:00Ah, not guilty here, Karen - it was already astron...Ah, not guilty here, Karen - it was already astronomically expensive! StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77061156845546591502013-03-04T21:14:15.963+00:002013-03-04T21:14:15.963+00:00Ah, shame that it's not in your local library ...Ah, shame that it's not in your local library Karen - is it in the county library? Or could you ILL? You'd love this!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66898634103935257712013-03-04T21:12:28.986+00:002013-03-04T21:12:28.986+00:00Oo, lovely - get in line, now! I'm impressed ...Oo, lovely - get in line, now! I'm impressed it's out on loan - I don't think the Oxford copy had been taken out for 20 years.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66761821026492670612013-03-04T21:11:51.782+00:002013-03-04T21:11:51.782+00:00Well, there you go, I had no idea! That's lov...Well, there you go, I had no idea! That's lovely - and she wrote it for years, didn't she? There is a 1940 collection of her columns out there too.<br /><br />I've just looked her up on Wikipedia, and she wrote the column until 1984! Gracious, so much to delight in.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-70664145734062258652013-03-04T21:10:43.582+00:002013-03-04T21:10:43.582+00:00I love how many of us are able to find library cop...I love how many of us are able to find library copies! And yes, £75 is rather out of my budget...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72529396216123063752013-03-04T21:09:42.570+00:002013-03-04T21:09:42.570+00:00Libraries are dangerous, aren't they?! But you...Libraries are dangerous, aren't they?! But you could read this slowly, over the course of weeks and months... tempt, tempt. (I should be reading the books for my book groups, too!)<br /><br />Do suggest it to NYRB, and see what happens.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35192541766340898132013-03-04T21:08:32.880+00:002013-03-04T21:08:32.880+00:00Thanks Ellen! I'm glad that, although it'...Thanks Ellen! I'm glad that, although it's more or less impossible to buy at a reasonable price, there are many ways and means of reading copies...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-63448443142665750092013-03-04T21:08:02.823+00:002013-03-04T21:08:02.823+00:00Thanks for chivvying me along to read it, Claire! ...Thanks for chivvying me along to read it, Claire! I'm glad you did, and that I didn't let this languish in Oxford library. But, yes, SOMEONE needs to reprint it, asap.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73471740388879652882013-03-04T21:07:12.801+00:002013-03-04T21:07:12.801+00:00Yes! Well, actually, I think it might have been pu...Yes! Well, actually, I think it might have been published in the US, so you might have more luck your side of the Pond.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-24637951211946429842013-03-04T21:06:26.548+00:002013-03-04T21:06:26.548+00:00Thanks Shannon! How I wish I owned this... in its...Thanks Shannon! How I wish I owned this... in its own way, it's pretty much as perfect as One Fine Day.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-25367600268004367362013-03-04T21:06:03.602+00:002013-03-04T21:06:03.602+00:00That's a good point, I hadn't thought abou...That's a good point, I hadn't thought about NYRB - I might email them and try to persuade them... it does seem scandalous that it's out of print, AND so difficult to buy. I reckon that's because people with copies never give them up...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-49233795146873256962013-03-04T13:42:14.387+00:002013-03-04T13:42:14.387+00:00(and you do realise, of course, that by writing ab...(and you do realise, of course, that by writing about this so persuasively you have just driven the price up, a la "Guard your Daughters"!!!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41838511808419546552013-03-04T13:39:47.154+00:002013-03-04T13:39:47.154+00:00It sounds wonderful! My local library - which is p...It sounds wonderful! My local library - which is pretty rubbish for anything not current - does not have this, of course - I would have said this is ideal material for Persephone - perhaps we should all shout loudly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-84320553032191906922013-03-04T13:06:58.314+00:002013-03-04T13:06:58.314+00:00My library has one too! On loan though at the mome...My library has one too! On loan though at the moment, but it seems it's definitely worth waiting for.Bookworm Chickhttp://www.foundinbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71310723258137992202013-03-04T10:41:50.814+00:002013-03-04T10:41:50.814+00:00One of the advantages to a subscription to the New...One of the advantages to a subscription to the New Yorker is that you can access the Mollie Panter-Downes' articles (and there's a couple of her poems there as well iirc) at any time. It would be lovely to have London War Notes in book/Kindle form, but this is another option for now. I love getting the magazine too ofc, but if I'm honest I'm really getting it for their incredible archives. Have recently discovered A J Liebling's essays again that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-26036722150088625872013-03-04T10:23:52.232+00:002013-03-04T10:23:52.232+00:00My library has a copy. (I checked after I'd lo...My library has a copy. (I checked after I'd looked at the secondhand prices and applied the smelling salts.) It sounds marvellous, and I forgive you for being such a tease about it... ;-)skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.com