tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post3605880120249400667..comments2024-03-18T10:56:29.768+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: One Pair of Hands by Monica DickensClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-20981761848325974582015-11-23T16:51:42.484+00:002015-11-23T16:51:42.484+00:00Totally - there's going to be at least two pos...Totally - there's going to be at least two posts, I'm sure I could do a week's worth.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16019287211868516632015-11-23T16:39:40.758+00:002015-11-23T16:39:40.758+00:00I can't wait to see which section you picked o...I can't wait to see which section you picked out - because I honestly have no idea how you could have decided on one, let alone two or even three....!Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387407272852763234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3733375765371245382015-11-23T16:34:30.178+00:002015-11-23T16:34:30.178+00:00Yes it is - what an extraordinary book, I don'...Yes it is - what an extraordinary book, I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't that, but it's wonderful. What a pity it isn't better known... I wish I'd had it to give to my daughter when she was a teenager.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-73981937022963397752015-11-23T16:28:35.468+00:002015-11-23T16:28:35.468+00:00Ooh, I was just wondering about that one and wheth...Ooh, I was just wondering about that one and whether you'd gotten to it yet and what you thought.... if it's Up The Attic Stairs!Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387407272852763234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84595083316555019022015-11-23T16:27:26.174+00:002015-11-23T16:27:26.174+00:00Yes I should get on to it - I read quite a few of ...Yes I should get on to it - I read quite a few of hers around the time I read this one, and then she slipped away, but there's plenty left. BTW, I have just finally got round to a book you told me to get ages ago, look out for post soon!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-1602375116192756382015-11-23T14:39:22.169+00:002015-11-23T14:39:22.169+00:00Currently reading One Pair of Feet! The anecdotes...Currently reading One Pair of Feet! The anecdotes and snippets are fascinating - it's one of those nursing books where she decides to go be a nurse - and I think you'll enjoy her suffering and torture (mainly via sleep deprivation) throughout the book. Some really striking bits of observation although I do see your criticism's point - and the casual scattering of racist terms is a bit of a shocker (I would have HATED to have had thick curly hair and been around in the Second World War...) but at the same time surprisingly credible, these do feel like real people of the time, period attitudes and all.Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387407272852763234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-87566953636506130112013-05-17T10:34:28.946+01:002013-05-17T10:34:28.946+01:00Margot - I think it's because you are American...Margot - I think it's because you are American! I think this proves my point - Lucy, Sarah and I have a shared culture growing up reading these books. I'm sure there was an American equivalent: you'll have to think and tell us what it was. Maybe Betty MacDonald and the Egg and I?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-67424972602176724332013-05-17T08:55:56.864+01:002013-05-17T08:55:56.864+01:00I used to read Monica Dickens when I was a teenage...I used to read Monica Dickens when I was a teenager. My local library had a good selection of her books. I can barely remember any of them now though.Sarahhttp://crimepieces.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-81246859848203549382013-05-17T03:33:17.763+01:002013-05-17T03:33:17.763+01:00Moira - Oh, very interesting. I didn't know wr...Moira - Oh, very interesting. I didn't know writing was in that family that way. And I think it's really interesting how views about books change as we get older and mature. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-12797374595054600762013-05-16T12:08:06.143+01:002013-05-16T12:08:06.143+01:00It's her first book - she improved! I like the...It's her first book - she improved! I like the bits about sitting in the kitchen drinking Indian tea and discussing the family's ailments.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.com