What I Am Reading: Common Place Entry For Pilgrims Inn

 

After receiving my lovely copy of Pilgrim's Inn in the mail, I have read to about the middle of chapter three.  I have found the experience similar to peeling back the layers of a sweet onion. Each character has so many facets of themselves. They are not simple people.  For instance, just when I think Grandmother is practically a saint for the way she heroically handled the war, I am confronted with the rather controlling side of her nature.  Nadine must follow Grandmother's detailed plan for securing a nanny after she discovers that Grandmother  arranged the meeting in the first place.  After this revelation, I am not sure what to think of Grandmother and I feel sympathy for the clearly non-domestic Nadine.  And to think that I did not care Nadine just a few pages before!  What is happening?  I guess I will have to continue reading to find out...

Quotes From Pilgrim's Inn by Elizabeth Goudge:

"There was nothing of desperation in the firm hold she kept upon her beauty;  it was rather that she appeared to be taking good care of something entrusted to her care, but did not seem to regard it as an integral part of her."

"It had been her opinion that in wartime old people were a great nuisance, and the best thing they could do was to keep, at whatever cost, a tranquil exterior, and get on with their knitting.  She was too humble a woman to assess her wartime activity at its true value."

Do you think you would enjoy Elizabeth Goudge's Pilgrim's Inn?  I was introduced to her through a great book about books which I discussed in my previous post here.  I'm always on the look out for great reads, and this book does not disappoint.  You'll find more information in this post.

And Something Else I'm Excited About...

Homeschooling?  We are going back to a curriculum we used previously after a year long switch.  I plan to do a longer blog about it soon, but meanwhile, here is some information about the curriculum we are excited to switch back to.  

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