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 Loveand 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
