tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post8368293550841692187..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Thursday list: Jane DuncanClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9975517788208833322018-09-12T11:34:51.284+01:002018-09-12T11:34:51.284+01:00Oh good, so nice to hear from another fan! That...Oh good, so nice to hear from another fan! That's shocking about the abridgement though: WHY?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-34545429910846203682018-09-12T04:12:11.720+01:002018-09-12T04:12:11.720+01:00I have read and re-read the entire Friends series....I have read and re-read the entire Friends series. I was happy to see the ebook versions but was sad to read My Friend Muriel in the Bello edition because it was severely abridged.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531966039516535951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3009043130775578132017-11-09T19:24:38.483+00:002017-11-09T19:24:38.483+00:00Thanks for your comment, and I do empathize. A fri...Thanks for your comment, and I do empathize. A friend of my mother's lent me my first one, and I felt very grown up reading it. It is so hard to describe the books' appeal, so I like your analysis. Those two so very specific worlds she writes about, and then the complex time scheme as she slowly covers her whole life, and the quite weird psychological problems that are presented. And yet with all that, they are compulsively readable, and very entertaining.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-27083767550350982662017-11-07T19:16:43.486+00:002017-11-07T19:16:43.486+00:00In the early 1960’s, when I was about 8 years old,...In the early 1960’s, when I was about 8 years old, one of my aunts came to visit us often.<br />She always lend my mother books that she had read and could recommend.<br />Among them the My Friend(s) books by Jane Duncan.<br />My aunt and my mother would talk about the books and left me out of the conversation.<br />That’s probably the reason why I became and stayed intriged by these books.<br />But I did not know how I could get the books in my possession.<br />I don’t think they were very popular in the Netherlands and therefor hard to come by.<br /><br />Only recently I discovered that they were republished as e-books.<br />All of them, except ‘Letter from Reachfar’, unfortunately.<br /><br />Like others, I don’t think these books are extremely good, but yet they are intriguing, and I continue reading them.<br />Jane Duncan writes about unique subjects like crofters life in Scotland in the late 1910’s, which is unknown to most of us and her life in the West-Indies in the 1950’s.<br /><br />She combines the story of her life with the description and psychological analysis of people she met during her life. <br /><br />I think that the extensive view she gives of her personal life makes her books so attractive. <br />One wants to know how her life develops and continues. <br /><br /><br />Estellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003262212487266890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61432559755012419222015-09-05T21:58:07.803+01:002015-09-05T21:58:07.803+01:00Thanks for coming to comment - and I do agree with...Thanks for coming to comment - and I do agree with you. Although I have criticisms of the book, they are a real achievement, and still have much to offer a modern audience.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-72995523467793779302015-09-05T19:59:02.727+01:002015-09-05T19:59:02.727+01:00loved these books in my teens, read them all avidl...loved these books in my teens, read them all avidly<br />I thought her an excellent wirter and cadid and honest if bound by the coventions of her times Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84027158508507355602015-09-05T19:49:40.642+01:002015-09-05T19:49:40.642+01:00No, you'd absolutely love them!! No, that'...No, you'd absolutely love them!! No, that's a lie, you wouldn't ....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-15643120149484027892015-09-05T19:49:20.013+01:002015-09-05T19:49:20.013+01:00They are always turning up in 2nd hand and thrift ...They are always turning up in 2nd hand and thrift shops here, I hope you might find one where you are!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-91179539953855291012015-09-05T08:48:17.529+01:002015-09-05T08:48:17.529+01:00I can hardly wait! Err, actually I canI can hardly wait! Err, actually I cancol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56954505061072472982015-09-05T03:21:23.569+01:002015-09-05T03:21:23.569+01:00I think My Friend My Father would suit me best. I ...I think My Friend My Father would suit me best. I will look for a copy.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-14828643017984150842015-09-04T10:29:41.879+01:002015-09-04T10:29:41.879+01:00Oh I'm so glad! It's such a worry recommen...Oh I'm so glad! It's such a worry recommending things. But I did think Miss Boyds is an amazing book: As it happens I have recently read some other books where people describe their childhoods, and Duncan is head and shoulders above most of them....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-91748964599721443742015-09-04T06:38:38.339+01:002015-09-04T06:38:38.339+01:00I remember seeing them on my mother's bookshel...I remember seeing them on my mother's bookshelves as a child, but for some reason I never read them (which is odd, because I read _everything_). I acquired a copy of the Miss Boyds after reading your post and loved it. Beautiful writing, and fascinating social history.sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142187608519555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-79454056942364179412015-09-03T20:26:33.285+01:002015-09-03T20:26:33.285+01:00Yes, very well-put Margot. And we are so lucky to ...Yes, very well-put Margot. And we are so lucky to live in an era where we can easily find old favourites, either in ancient 2nd-hand copies or in ebooks.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-80273604934216991642015-09-03T12:42:19.632+01:002015-09-03T12:42:19.632+01:00It's always lovely, Moira, to hear about compa...It's always lovely, Moira, to hear about companies like Bello that are bringing back authors for a new audience. In this case, I think it's doubly nice because it also means (if I can put it this way) the preservation of an era and a way of looking at the world. You may not love that point of view and so on all the time. But it's still fascinating, and if you add some good storytelling to it, that's all the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com