Virago

Deceptively light and entertaining A Glass of Blessings is one of Barbara Pym's best-loved novels. Its gentle humour might suggest that the heroine, Wilmet, is bloodless, the epitome of the English cardiganned spinster. She is that certain kind of literary character that has become a staple of English literature ever since Jane Austen whose heir(ess) these days might be Bridget Jones. There's something apologetic and endearingly failed about them until the epiphany when small shifts in pereception make everything come right. Wilmet in this case is married but childless. ..read more

I got my copy of A Mighty Heart and read the whole thing the same day! I would definitely recommend that people read Mariane's book rather than rely on the film that has been made to tell Daniel's story. The story defines the power of the human spirit from the the first line right till the last page,

This book is about a railway pioneer, in the small town of Sweet Water. Marion Forrester brings delight to her elderly husband, and it is based in the small town of Sweet Water where they live: Neil Herbert who is the young narrator of her story. Neil falls in love with her as a boy and later becomes the person who he confides in. He watches this woman in all facets of her life, through faithless and yet steadfast; dazzling and yet pathetic; invincible and yet she becomes dangerously vulnerable to the men she seems to charm. ..read more

This story is so fantastic in that you need to read to the end to learn of what the people went through and how Antonia decides to buy up land and then succeeds where others have failed.

I loved this book and just had to read some more of her books - you can see my other reviews on the website.

This is a completly different type to the other books I have read by Willa Cather. Professor St Peter has built a new house on the proceed's of his life 's works - that is eight volume history of the Spanish Explorers!