Rereading Our Childhood
Rereading February's Road by John Verney
Mary Grace introduces Deborah to John Verney’s 1961 novel February’s Road.
Other books by Verney:
Friday’s Tunnel (1959)
Ismo (1964)
Seven Sunflower Seeds (1968)
Samson’s Hoard (1973)
Going to the Wars (1955)
A Dinner of Herbs (1966)
Also mentioned:
The Arm of the Starfish (1965) by Madeleine L’Engle,
A post on the blog Clothes in Books.
The illustrations of Edward Ardizzone.
An obituary of Verney in The Independent.
A post on the Farnham Trust’s website about Verney.
Jojo Moyes on Verney in a Daily Mail interview.
Margaret Drabble’s The Millstone (1965).
Edits to the American editions of the Harry Potter books.
Deborah recommends the Madeleine L’Engle. She and Mary Grace discussed L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time on a previous episode.
Mary Grace recommends Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Climate.
You can find Deborah’s author interviews on Books Q&A by Deborah Kalb, and Mary Grace’s adventures in the 1920s on her My Life 100 Years Ago.
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com
Mary Grace introduces Deborah to John Verney’s 1961 novel February’s Road.
Other books by Verney:
Friday’s Tunnel (1959)
Ismo (1964)
Seven Sunflower Seeds (1968)
Samson’s Hoard (1973)
Going to the Wars (1955)
A Dinner of Herbs (1966)
Also mentioned:
The Arm of the Starfish (1965) by Madeleine L’Engle,
A post on the blog Clothes in Books.
The illustrations of Edward Ardizzone.
An obituary of Verney in The Independent.
A post on the Farnham Trust’s website about Verney.
Jojo Moyes on Verney in a Daily Mail interview.
Margaret Drabble’s The Millstone (1965).
Edits to the American editions of the Harry Potter books.
Deborah recommends the Madeleine L’Engle. She and Mary Grace discussed L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time on a previous episode.
Mary Grace recommends Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Climate.
You can find Deborah’s author interviews on Books Q&A by Deborah Kalb, and Mary Grace’s adventures in the 1920s on her My Life 100 Years Ago.
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com