tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post9186316340612430861..comments2024-03-29T11:14:17.959+00:00Comments on Sue Hepworth: suggestions, please?Sue Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-29299599150973815432017-04-15T05:05:50.694+00:002017-04-15T05:05:50.694+00:00Of course! Sorry! I forgot all about that. Funnily...Of course! Sorry! I forgot all about that. Funnily enough, I went to see A United Kingdom last night and my friend said " Did you see LaLaLand?" And then went on to say exactly what I had said on here - more or less. I don't know your fave film or anything about it. I'll look it up.Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-18714779350825843102017-04-15T03:15:33.722+00:002017-04-15T03:15:33.722+00:00My liking LaLa Land! But let's see, one of my...My liking LaLa Land! But let's see, one of my all-time faves is Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's and of course I love The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, among with many others.Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273217267623713000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-50344823224429818142017-04-14T21:19:14.107+00:002017-04-14T21:19:14.107+00:00Why do you say that?Why do you say that?Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-71669968279923134902017-04-14T13:25:26.431+00:002017-04-14T13:25:26.431+00:00...but maybe not in movies!...but maybe not in movies!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273217267623713000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-39938353807926822972017-04-12T16:36:15.105+00:002017-04-12T16:36:15.105+00:00Read it! We obviously have similar taste ....Read it! We obviously have similar taste ....Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-59044120429294752902017-04-12T16:02:34.078+00:002017-04-12T16:02:34.078+00:00Here's another: The Inn at Lake Devine by Elin...Here's another: The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman. It's a gentle but not stupid book.Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273217267623713000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-78787207742515897122017-04-11T13:30:45.608+00:002017-04-11T13:30:45.608+00:00Thank you for these suggestions, Phoebe. I have re...Thank you for these suggestions, Phoebe. I have read Mothering Sunday already. Also, years ago - the Drabble. But I haven't read the Lively and I do like her so I will check it out. Thank you!<br />Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-40325937669389544122017-04-11T13:20:01.202+00:002017-04-11T13:20:01.202+00:00What about Mothering Sunday? It doesn't exact...What about Mothering Sunday? It doesn't exactly fill the bill but it's wonderful. Closer and also lovely is The Road to Lichfield; I think it's Penelope Lively's first novel. Another possibility is The Needle's Eye, an early, pre-political novel by Margaret Drabble. I remember being totally immersed in that one, mesmerized by the style and totally engaged by the characters.Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273217267623713000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-25098072201440740962017-04-10T13:14:23.173+00:002017-04-10T13:14:23.173+00:00Thank you so much for all these suggestions, Lyn. ...Thank you so much for all these suggestions, Lyn. You're so helpful. I will follow them all up - get a sample on kindle and see which I want to buy. re Carol Shields - yes she is one of my favourite authors - I do like Republic of Love, but I like Happenstance even more.Sue Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371516958537364663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-35883635608454034432017-04-10T11:58:38.535+00:002017-04-10T11:58:38.535+00:00I think you're a Carol Shields fan, Sue, but R...I think you're a Carol Shields fan, Sue, but Republic of Love is my favourite of her books. Rosy Thornton is another favourite. Her most romantic books are Tapestry of Love, Crossed Wires & More Than Love Letters (an epistolary novel). Sue Gee is also excellent. I especially liked Hours of the Night (about a poet's life in rural Wales), Mysteries of Glass (Victorian vicar falls unsuitably in love). Haven't read Letters from Prague but it's on my Kindle (Harriet goes back to Czechoslovakia to find her first love 20 years after they met during '68 revolution). Her new novel, Trio, sounds very good (1937. Young widower, history teacher, becomes involved with a group of musicians). It's been lovely trying to think of authors for you, it brings out all my readers adviser instincts! Off to bed now.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18554411.post-57278538984454493772017-04-10T11:35:00.156+00:002017-04-10T11:35:00.156+00:00Have you read any of Linda Gillard's novels? H...Have you read any of Linda Gillard's novels? Her novels are romantic but there's also a lot of humour & more serious themes as well such as PTSD in Untying the Knot. I also loved House of Silence & The Glass Guardian. Often set in Scotland.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.com