I didn’t expect to begin with a childhood classic and end in ‘old Hollywood’. In real life, de Havilland has written a memoir, Every Frenchman Has One. Amor Towles did the same with Rules of Civility and Eve in Hollywood.Īctress Olivia de Havilland features in Eve in Hollywood. This hugely successful novel prompted the author to write a bunch of other novels from the perspective of different characters introduced in Wonder. The Butchers refers to a Gaelic folk story, and the tension of carrying ‘old beliefs’ in a modern world. In The Butchers, they have ‘mad cow’ disease and are also slaughtered. In Discomfort, the farm cows have foot and mouth and must be slaughtered. It’s an extremely unsettling book, and one that I continue to think about.ĭiscomfort links to The Butchers by Ruth Gilligan in lots of ways (themes of shame, grief, coming of age), but I’ll focus on bovine disease (!). I have recently finished another book that examines childhood shame – The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld. I was reminded how well and sensitively Clearly handled childhood challenges when I read this article about shame. I adored Cleary’s writing as a child, and I particularly loved this series. This month we begin with Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up.
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