A Few Good Books
On our blog, we talk about our favourite books and authors, old and new, books that stayed with us long after we were done reading, the ones we might gently press into the hands of other readers.
Book Recommendation: Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton
This is a story about a school-teacher, Mr Chipping, who his students fondly call Mr Chips. He's the beloved Latin teacher at a quiet boys' school in England called Brookfield. When the book opens, we meet him as an old man, living in rooms across the road from his beloved school, still organising his days by the school bell, inviting the new boys, and some of the older ones over to tea, and keeping up with the goings on at the school...
Book Recommendation: The Stubborn Light of Things
This is a nature diary, compiled from the Nature Notebook Column that the author used to write for The Times. This book is divided into two sections, city and country. It begins in August, 2014 when Harrison was living in London...