The Book Trunk

Persephone

  • Torn Loyalties of an Evacuee

    Doreen, by Barbara Noble, tells the story of a nine-year-old girl who is evacuated from a London slum during WW2,  and cared for by a well-to-do couple in the country. In the few short months she is there, she is… Continue reading

  • One Woman’s Year

    January…. In this Month, let not Blood, nor use physick,  unless necessity constrain thee; beware of taking cold, for Rheums and Plegm do much increase this Moneth; it’s hurtful to fast long, to drink White Wine fasting is good, Use… Continue reading

  • Persephone Post…

    Hooray! The postman has been with parcels from those lovely people at Persephone: And inside are these: With their lovely bookmarks: I am very excited about these, but a little sad because for the past six years my Younger Daughter… Continue reading

  • Happy Birthday Dorothy Whipple!

    Dorothy Whipple famously – or perhaps infamously – was the novelist Virago refused to publish. Worse still, the company had a standard known as the ‘Whipple line’, below which they ‘would not sink’. Explaining her position in a Guardian article back… Continue reading

  • Cats, Books and Squares!

    Another bookshop post I’m afraid… because I’ve been staying in London for a few days looking after my younger daughter’s cat while she and her boyfriend went ‘Up North’ to see his family, and London is full of bookshops, so… Continue reading