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Revisiting Old Friends
I’ve been immersed in Elizabeth Goudge for months now, and I wanted to pause and reflect a bit… First, why have I been reading (and rereading) her books? And second, what attracts and…
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The Child from the Sea
I finished it! I’ve been reading Elizabeth Goudge’s The Child from the Sea off and on for over a year. A 736-page historical novel that offers an alternative reading of Lucy Walter, secret…
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The Blue Hills
I enjoyed Elizabeth Goudge’s The Blue Hills over a period of about two days. It’s actually a children’s book, though it was not located in the children’s section of the library when I…
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The Scent of Water
What a deep well of quiet reflection and spiritual satisfaction this novel is. It was my first Elizabeth Goudge book when I read it back in 2010, and having read a number of…
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Storm writing
Even in the Northeast, everyone is bracing for Hurricane Sandy. Back on Wednesday, before it had really registered as a force to be reckoned with, I read this episode in The Child from…
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Green Dolphin Street
When I finished Linnets and Valerians, I vowed I was not going to read any more Elizabeth Goudge. (I wrote about why here.) But now I’ve gone and read Green Dolphin Street. What…
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Linnets and Valerians (Revised)
I started reading this novel to my daughters last week, and I raved about it. I’m withdrawing my rave. In fact, I’m discontinuing it as a read-aloud. Normally I don’t write about either…
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The Heart of the Family
Over the last year I discovered Elizabeth Goudge, a 20th century Christian author with a remarkable gift for capturing the beauty and sense of place in the English countryside that forms the setting…
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Linnets and Valerians
*Edited to add: See my revised view of this book. It’s Read-Aloud Thursday, and none of the shorter books we’ve read this week seem post-worthy. But we’re a few chapters into Elizabeth Goudge’s…
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Pilgrim’s Inn
“Who did that?” he demanded.“Ben, my oldest boy,” said Nadine… “It’s damn good,” said John Adair, almost with violence. “But the drawing –” “Faulty, of course, he’s had no teaching. But he’s got…
