#persephonebookclub @LeahBergen @CarolynM what makes me sad reading this is the vivid descriptions of the countryside, the animals birds and insects, plants flowers and trees she sees on their walks which we now don‘t , so much has gone and changed. I live in a rural village and walk my fur kids over fields in woods etc and don‘t see half of what she‘s describing it‘s incredible sad & abit worrying isn‘t it ? He is also mentally ill isn‘t he ?
LeahBergen I was wondering how much the UK flora and fauna had changed since the time she‘s writing about here and especially the areas around where they lived in London (I live in Canada). And yeah … he is mentally ill (which you read more about in the second half 😬). 13mo
CarolynM I‘m always enthralled when I read about people picking and eating wild strawberries and blackberries in 20th century English books. To the best of my knowledge there have never been wild strawberries in Australia and we spray the (introduced) wild blackberry bushes with poison because they strangle the native vegetation. @LeahBergen 13mo
Bookbuyingaddict @LeahBergen I thought you were in the uk 😆after I saw your photo outside the persephone bookshop in bath . Iv never been to Canada , my husband has & loves it. Wer only tiny in comparison land mass wise so many of our landscape has changed even from the 70s/80s when I was a child. Do you have amazing bookshops ? Do you have to order the persephones in ? 🙂 13mo
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LeahBergen @CarolynM We have different types of wild berries here in Canada but you have to make sure you‘re not stealing from a bear‘s patch if you‘re in the mountains. 😆 13mo
LeahBergen @Karons1 Oh! 😄 That Persephone store photo was actually taken in front of the London shop before they moved to Bath. I‘ve been able to buy a few Persephone books here but I usually just order them from their shop. And we have lots of good bookshops here but nothing like the UK. 😍 13mo
CarolynM @LeahBergen Yet people worry about the snakes and spiders in Australia…🤣 13mo
LeahBergen @CarolynM 🤣 #ThingsThatWillKillUs 13mo
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