tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post2409740839561765072..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: The Brandons by Angela ThirkellClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66466404168221786842015-04-22T10:03:17.432+01:002015-04-22T10:03:17.432+01:00I'll read Thirkell for you, Tracy. I don't...I'll read Thirkell for you, Tracy. I don't think she ever ventured into the crime field.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-7246404504651780952015-04-22T10:02:53.193+01:002015-04-22T10:02:53.193+01:00... and I don't think the 30s books I choose w...... and I don't think the 30s books I choose would convince you otherwise, though I'm sure there are some for you somewhere...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-47033567376951919312015-04-22T10:02:23.152+01:002015-04-22T10:02:23.152+01:00Yes you're right, Margot, and the book has bee...Yes you're right, Margot, and the book has been giving pleasure and cheering people up ever since - quite an achievement for any author.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-89138633412476926452015-04-22T06:13:22.444+01:002015-04-22T06:13:22.444+01:00Although I have never been interested in Thirkell,...Although I have never been interested in Thirkell, this sounds like it could be fun. But I don't think I have time to add her to the piles anyway. The mourning bonnets drawing is very interesting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-67611452971953356382015-04-21T21:44:58.166+01:002015-04-21T21:44:58.166+01:00I'm thinking the 30's isn't really a r...I'm thinking the 30's isn't really a reading decade I want to get too involved in col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-92002591790272820802015-04-21T12:24:34.569+01:002015-04-21T12:24:34.569+01:00Oh, Moira, Miss Brandon certainly sounds like a g...Oh, Moira, Miss Brandon certainly sounds like a great 'maiden aunt' character! I just love that idea of the wisdom of taking to one's bed for one day a week. Very clever social satire! And it really isn't surprising that Thirkell skirts round the impending war and the other politics of the day. I think with that and the worldwide Depression, people just wanted to escape. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com