tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post6455880626358190782..comments2024-03-27T20:39:56.527+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Fireweed by Jill Paton WalshClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57048280213511551852017-06-16T16:07:47.077+01:002017-06-16T16:07:47.077+01:00Really recommend it if you can find it - haunting ...Really recommend it if you can find it - haunting and memorable. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-20188541690546474632017-06-16T12:29:28.638+01:002017-06-16T12:29:28.638+01:00Will look for this, thank you. Will look for this, thank you. Sara O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76907829461758464432015-06-30T22:38:00.071+01:002015-06-30T22:38:00.071+01:00Thanks Karen - I have read one of them, and liked ...Thanks Karen - I have read one of them, and liked it very much. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40268525045621788102015-06-30T19:43:32.065+01:002015-06-30T19:43:32.065+01:00her Imogen quy books are my favouritesher Imogen quy books are my favouriteskeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920629854484802657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45887886612172997442015-06-20T10:15:21.704+01:002015-06-20T10:15:21.704+01:00She has such a range - there was a children's ...She has such a range - there was a children's picture book about Grannys that my children loved when they were little. I have become increasingly unimpressed with the Wimsey books, but I love some of her others. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-78172696486845428302015-06-20T06:36:49.919+01:002015-06-20T06:36:49.919+01:00Hmmm, I will have to try some of her books. This o...Hmmm, I will have to try some of her books. This one does sound very good. I have only read a couple of the continuation books of the Peter Wimsey series. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-49292179710715793532015-06-18T14:09:54.485+01:002015-06-18T14:09:54.485+01:00Thanks, 2nd vote for Dolphin Crossing. I have read...Thanks, 2nd vote for Dolphin Crossing. I have read quite a few books by JPW, but none of those, I will seek them out.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40625474043204009132015-06-17T13:56:24.857+01:002015-06-17T13:56:24.857+01:00Oh God, I meant 1941. Duh.Oh God, I meant 1941. Duh.Lissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-48604955788564552882015-06-16T23:30:07.161+01:002015-06-16T23:30:07.161+01:00I highly recommend The Dolphin Crossing, which is ...I highly recommend The Dolphin Crossing, which is based around Dunkirk. Also A Parcel of Patterns, about the plague in Eyam (Derbyshire), and Chance Child, which is a very odd time-slippy book about neglected children.Rosie Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45437264641568363572015-06-16T22:16:37.670+01:002015-06-16T22:16:37.670+01:00Yes, it has a real authentic feel, I think it was ...Yes, it has a real authentic feel, I think it was very well-researched. An excellent way for young people to read about the topic.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-1562927274395537292015-06-16T22:15:19.772+01:002015-06-16T22:15:19.772+01:00Right on both counts, I'm sure.Right on both counts, I'm sure.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-24567285161749114192015-06-16T22:14:42.804+01:002015-06-16T22:14:42.804+01:00Such an extraordinary time. My parents were in Liv...Such an extraordinary time. My parents were in Liverpool then, which was also badly bombed: the stories are amazing.<br />I read a couple of JPW's adult novels, and enjoyed them in varying degrees. She writes in a lot of different genres.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3563244899528626642015-06-16T12:49:47.359+01:002015-06-16T12:49:47.359+01:00This sounds like a good read, Moira. I think a lot...This sounds like a good read, Moira. I think a lot of people don't really know just how difficult it was for civilians during those days of the Blitz. And the perspective of young people like that just seems intriguing. Shame Paton Walsh later decided she didn't like this one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-8167140111518326132015-06-16T12:07:09.020+01:002015-06-16T12:07:09.020+01:00Another that I guess I would enjoy if I ever read ...Another that I guess I would enjoy if I ever read it, but probably won't.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16702852325902209772015-06-16T10:51:43.807+01:002015-06-16T10:51:43.807+01:00I'm so pleased you loved it - and what an inte...I'm so pleased you loved it - and what an interesting anecdote about the author! It makes me realise that I have never read any of her adult fiction and only one other of her books for children (The Dolphin Crossing - another set during WW2). <br />The relentlessness of the bombing had one tiny advantage - people actually got used to it in a peculiar kind of way, and built it into their nightly routine. There are many accounts of how much more of a strain it wast during the early months of 1942, when the bombing became intermittent, and heavily linked to either moonlit nights, or retaliation for raids on Germany (so you would hear about the raid on the wireless in the morning, and know that you were 'in for it' that night....)Lissa Evansnoreply@blogger.com