tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post8106446917111791705..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Night Thoughts of a Country Landlady by Edith OlivierStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40127656009822428092011-11-21T23:17:45.316+00:002011-11-21T23:17:45.316+00:00I'm sorry to be so late in saying that I am de...I'm sorry to be so late in saying that I am delighted you found a copy of this to read. <br /><br />You may well be right about there being a touch of the fictional here - I am very credulous, in life as well as reading, and I did find my copy on a non fiction shelf. I only spotted it because it was next door to Mollie Panter-Downes' London War Notes. <br /><br />But having read Edith Olivier's memoir - the name escapes me - if Miss Nightingale is fictional I am sure she is inspired by real country gentlewomen of the author's acquintance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17419950282139437222011-11-12T01:55:37.268+00:002011-11-12T01:55:37.268+00:00Just came across a reference to this book while re...Just came across a reference to this book while reading "The Initials in the Heart" & had hoped to get a bit more of an idea about it. Thanks for the excerpts!erik heywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459667747168560394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78871870558540614132011-11-11T13:22:22.820+00:002011-11-11T13:22:22.820+00:00Lovely post, Simon. I do tend to feel a bit guilt...Lovely post, Simon. I do tend to feel a bit guilty about the pleasure I get from non-fiction homefront novels. Being tucked up all safe and cosy while reading about people making do. <br /><br />We're planning a book scrounge for this Sunday so I'm making note of this title. You never know...Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-36501557726347734472011-11-11T08:34:16.563+00:002011-11-11T08:34:16.563+00:00that should have said 'not sure why I think so...that should have said 'not sure why I think so...'harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-9214864298785215302011-11-11T08:33:36.720+00:002011-11-11T08:33:36.720+00:00I'm fairly sure you are right about the made-u...I'm fairly sure you are right about the made-up-ness, though why I think so, not having read the book. Perhaps it's because I was completely fooled by the Margaret Forster and really shocked when I discovered just after reading it that it was invented.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.com