tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352104773840153594.post3909048273568547880..comments2023-06-04T09:22:29.264+01:00Comments on The bookshop around the corner: Can you identify this book?Ericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00081296214039287324noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352104773840153594.post-34913461373068750302014-01-24T19:54:40.901+00:002014-01-24T19:54:40.901+00:00You're definitely an excellent book detective!...You're definitely an excellent book detective! Once again, thank you for identifying the book.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081296214039287324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352104773840153594.post-65164877783188422212014-01-24T16:31:38.737+00:002014-01-24T16:31:38.737+00:00So pleased to have been able to help, Emma. I reme...So pleased to have been able to help, Emma. I remember the book well, particularly the detail about the train. I've often had that urge to get off at a station because it looks nice, or has a nice name - not that I do it, mind. Not often, anyway. It was nice to remember the book, which was one of many I loved as a child. Maybe I should set myself up as a book detective!<br />Best wishes<br />AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352104773840153594.post-69371064437164217252014-01-23T22:43:46.292+00:002014-01-23T22:43:46.292+00:00Dear readers,
I've spent more than a day dithe...Dear readers,<br />I've spent more than a day dithering about this comment because I'm both pleased and embarrassed to tell you the book has been identified.<br />Lots of you helped in an identity search that began years ago, pre-blog. Family and friends have on and off discussed 'that book in Abergavenny' since the mid 90s when a Welsh friend's mum was impressed I wanted to visit the area.<br />I've had disagreements over my imperfect memory with many insisting it must by Carrie's War by Nina Bawden. I began to doubt the girl's isolation or the time of year. I never doubted the town.<br />So imagine my joy and horror to discover that was the detail I got wrong. The book is set in Aylesbury, and is The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden.<br />I'm very grateful to Anna Sayburn (@BloomsburyBlue) http://bloomsburybluestocking.wordpress.com/ for identifying the book, and indeed to everyone who helped my in my quest, in particular Emma from Book-ish in Crickhowell (see next blog post).<br />Which leaves just two things for me to do:<br />1. Apologise to Abergavenny - sorry.<br />2. Find a bookshop in Aylesbury.<br />Thank you again for all your help and support, it's been overwhelming to this obviously very amateur book-lover.<br />Erica xEricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081296214039287324noreply@blogger.com