I love Linnets and Valerians!! :D And indeed, it is the perfect book to read while curled up on a scenic window seat.
Linnets and Valerians was one of those books off my mother's shelf that I read and re-read when I was young and sick, or bored, or had run out of library books. It has inspired in me a lifelong urge to panel a hallway in my house in dark wood, and hide a door in it.
Based on Linnets and Valerians and The Little White Horse, I had a brief period where I tried to read more of Elizabeth Gouge's work, but her books for adults lack the everyday mysticism I found so charming in her children's literature. I still like her writing style, but I find myself wading grimly through the uplifting Christian messages, which seems rather counter to their intent.
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Date: 2013-08-01 05:53 pm (UTC)Linnets and Valerians was one of those books off my mother's shelf that I read and re-read when I was young and sick, or bored, or had run out of library books. It has inspired in me a lifelong urge to panel a hallway in my house in dark wood, and hide a door in it.
Based on Linnets and Valerians and The Little White Horse, I had a brief period where I tried to read more of Elizabeth Gouge's work, but her books for adults lack the everyday mysticism I found so charming in her children's literature. I still like her writing style, but I find myself wading grimly through the uplifting Christian messages, which seems rather counter to their intent.